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BAPTIST HISTORY LESSON 20

BAPTIST HISTORY LESSON 20. Baptists in the Middle Colonies. SIX TURNS IN BAPTIST HISTORY. ONE: A turn Toward A Believers Church, 1609. John Smyth/Thomas Helwys. Emphasis was on Whom the baptized, not How they baptized. Believers alone made up the church;

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BAPTIST HISTORY LESSON 20

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  1. BAPTIST HISTORYLESSON 20 Baptists in the Middle Colonies

  2. SIX TURNS IN BAPTIST HISTORY ONE: A turn Toward A Believers Church, 1609 John Smyth/Thomas Helwys Emphasis was on Whom the baptized, not How they baptized Believers alone made up the church; Believers alone governed the church; No Outside Authority!

  3. TWO: The Turn Toward A Free Conscience, 1612 A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity New England: Roger Williams/John Clark THREE: The Turn Toward Believer’s Baptism, 1641 “…to die a thousand deaths, rather than to doe any thing against the least tittle of the truth of God, or against the light of our conscience” conclusion of the 1644 London Confession of Faith

  4. FOUR: The Turn Toward Cooperative Christianity, 1707 The Philadelphia Association FIVE: The Turn Toward Missionary Responsibility, 1792 SIX: The Turn Toward Social Justice, 1955

  5. “let every man remain free, so long as he is modest, moderate, his political conduct irreproachable, and so long as he does not offend others or oppose the government” MIDDLE COLONIES RELIGIOUS POLICY A. New Amsterdam B. Pennsylvania & New Jersey 1. New Jersey “Full liberty of conscience to all religious sects that should behave well” 2. Pennsylvania: William Penn Why was Penn favorable to liberty? 1) His father was a Baptist 2) His Quakerism 3) His friend, Thomas Dungan

  6. THE FIRST BAPTISTS AND THEIR CHURCHES Origins: Ireland, England, Wales Thomas Dungan 1684 Cold Springs, PA Elias Keach 1688 Pennepek Preaching circuit: Middletown, NJ Piscataway Cohansey Thomas Killingsworth 1701 Welsh Tract 1700/1703 Philadelphia

  7. July 27, 1707 Philadelphia Association formed Pennepek (Lower Dublin) Philadelphia Piscataway Middletown Welsh Tract THE PURPOSE OF THE ASSOCIATION 1. Advise the churches Negative not positive action

  8. 2. Discipline Ministers & Issue Warnings 3. Adopt a Confession 1712 referred to ‘Keach’s Confession’ 1724 referenced 1689 Confession Sept. 25, 1742 voted to adopt 1689 with two additions Also added A Short Treatise on Discipline by Benjamin Griffiths “In every period of its existence the Association has firmly maintained the soundest form of Scripture doctrine; nor could any church been admitted at any period, which denied or concealed any of the doctrines of grace” H. G. Jones Preface to Minutes of Phil Assoc. 1851

  9. 4. Encouraged Education for Ministers • Walter B. Shurden's list: • Promote fellowship • Maintain uniformity in faith and practice • Give counsel and assistance to churches • Provide an organizational structure through which churches could cooperate in their broader ministries 5. Fellowship 6. Mission Needs The Philadelphia Association ‘afforded a pattern of democratic polity which was destined to be well received in the liberty loving colonies’ Robert Torbet A Short History of the Baptists, pg 214

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