Baptists are a branch of Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches generally subscribe to the doctrines 展开

Some Baptist church congregations choose to be independent of larger church organizations (Independent Baptist). Other Baptist churches choose to be part of an international or national … 展开

Missionary organizations favored the development of the movement on all continents. The BMS World Mission was founded in 1792 at 展开

Since the early days of the Baptist movement, various associations have adopted common confessions of faith as the basis for cooperative work among churches. Each church … 展开

Baptist historian Bruce Gourley outlines four main views of Baptist origins:
1. the modern scholarly consensus that the movement traces its origin to the 17th century via the 展开

Membership policies vary due to the autonomy of churches, but generally an individual becomes a member of a church through believer's baptism (which is a public 展开

In Baptist churches, worship service is part of the life of the church and includes praise, worship, of prayers to God, a sermon based on the Bible, offering, and periodically the Lord's … 展开