Midterm COPY Flashcards
Martin Luther
German leader of the Reformation, posted the 95 theses and argued against the Catholic church over their additions to scripture.
Anabaptists
The first group that broke from state church ideology and infant baptism, baptized themselves after coming under conviction within the Reformation.
William Carey
The First particular Baptist missionary to India who founded Serampore college that translated the Bible into multiple Indian languages, known as the founder of the modern missions movement
Adoniram & Ann Judson
American Congregationalist missionaries that became Baptist during their voyage to join William Carey. Went on to serve in Burma.
William Kiffen
Founding father of the Particular Baptists, the only man to sign both the First and Second London confessions, and was incredibly wealthy. Disagreed with Bunyan on the topic of baptism prior to church membership.
John Gill
First known for his exposition of Song of Songs, this English Baptist solidified the Calvinist view in Britain and is attacked as a hyper-Calvinist but is also known for his major defense of Trinitarian Doctrine that left a lasting orthodox foundation for the Particular Baptists.
Felix Manz
One of the first proponents for adult baptism who became the first martyr of the Anabaptist movement, was killed in Zurich.
Conrad Grebel
Founder of the Swedish Brethren, built up the Anabaptist movement and performed the first Anabaptist baptism by pouring.
John Smyth
One of the founders of the General Baptists, but remained in the Netherlands and his congregation eventually joined the Mennonites.
1845
The date of the formation of when the Southern Baptist Convention was formed
Roger Williams
Puritan minister who moved to America and established the first Baptist church in America
Thomas Helwys
One of the two founders of the General Baptists, led the denomination back to England and was thrown in jail over his treatise on religious liberty.
John Bunyon
Author of Pilgrim’s Progress who spent years in prison under harsh British rule regarding those outside the Church of England.
George Liele
Converted while still a slave before the American Revolution, he established major churches in Savannah, Georgia, and many throughout Jamaica as a missionary.
Johann Gerhard Oncken
German Father of the Continental Baptists, leader of the Kleeblatt and was baptized at night by an American baptist in Hamburg. His key idea was “every Baptist a missionary”.
Andrew Fuller
English Particular Baptist that founded the Baptist Missions Society, was Carey’s sending partner.
Quakers
A denomination that split from the Anglican church and distinctly seek inner light and ‘tremble’ in the way of the Lord
Luther Rice
Associate of Adoniram and Ann Judson who returned to America to help raise funds for them.
1995
Racial reconciliation statement SBC
J.R. Graves
Encourager of Landmarkism, coined the saying “Every church a Baptist church.”
First London Confession
The first confession of faith by the Particular Baptist congregations in London made to help differentiate them from the Anabaptists and protect them from persecution.
John Clarke
One of the founders of Rhode Island Colony and fought for religious liberty in America
Obadiah Holmes
Rhode Islander that was whipped for meeting on the Lord’s day, said that his lashes felt like roses
Henry Dunster
Puritan minister from England that immigrated to American than became the first president of Harvard
Krishna Pal
The first convert of the Serampore mission, a carpenter who was baptized in front of a giant crowd of Europeans, Hindus, and Muslims and went on to become a great preacher and hymn writer.
John Dagg
American Baptist theological that wrote the first systematic theology of the American Baptists
Thomas Grantham
General Baptist under Charles II that baptized John Watts
First Great Awakening
Also known as the Evangelical Revival, this renewed individual piety and religion in Britain and its colonies and was led by John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
Congregationalist preacher known for his role in the FGA and his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
Isaac Backus
Convert of the FGA that became Baptist while leading a Congregational Separatist church. Played a major role in establishing Baptist churches throughout New England in the eighteenth century.
Andrew Bryan
African-American Baptist that took over Liele’s congregation in Savannah, Georgia when he left for Jamaica.
Triennial Convention
The General Missionary Convention’s new title, an organization that was formed to guide the funding of multiple ministries.
Baptist Missions Society
Founded by Baptists in England, supported William Carey
David George
Discipled by Liele in Georgia, this abandoned slave moved to Nova Scotia where he established a Particular Baptist presence before moving to Sierra Leone.
Alexander Campbell
Irish Presbyterian that immigrated to America and became a Baptist, a skilled debater for the Baptist cause– he ended up leaving the Baptist church as a part of the Restorationist movement which led to him helping form the Disciples of Christ.
TULIP
An acronym for the five primary doctrines of Calvinism
ABHMS
Founded in 1832 by John Peck and Jonathan Going to promote the preaching the gospel in North America.
39 Articles
Compiled in 1571, the defining document of the Church of England that separated them from the Catholic church.
