Midterm COPY

Question 1

Martin Luther

Answer 1

German leader of the Reformation, posted the 95 theses and argued against the Catholic church over their additions to scripture.

Question 2

Anabaptists

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The first group that broke from state church ideology and infant baptism, baptized themselves after coming under conviction within the Reformation.

Question 3

William Carey

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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

Question 4

Adoniram & Ann Judson

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American Congregationalist missionaries that became Baptist during their voyage to join William Carey. Went on to serve in Burma.

Question 5

William Kiffen

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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.

Question 6

John Gill

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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.

Question 7

Felix Manz

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One of the first proponents for adult baptism who became the first martyr of the Anabaptist movement, was killed in Zurich.

Question 8

Conrad Grebel

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Founder of the Swedish Brethren, built up the Anabaptist movement and performed the first Anabaptist baptism by pouring.

Question 9

John Smyth

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One of the founders of the General Baptists, but remained in the Netherlands and his congregation eventually joined the Mennonites.

Question 10

1845

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The date of the formation of when the Southern Baptist Convention was formed

Question 11

Roger Williams

Answer 11

Puritan minister who moved to America and established the first Baptist church in America

Question 12

Thomas Helwys

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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.

Question 13

John Bunyon

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Author of Pilgrim’s Progress who spent years in prison under harsh British rule regarding those outside the Church of England.

Question 14

George Liele

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Converted while still a slave before the American Revolution, he established major churches in Savannah, Georgia, and many throughout Jamaica as a missionary.

Question 15

Johann Gerhard Oncken

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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”.

Question 16

Andrew Fuller

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English Particular Baptist that founded the Baptist Missions Society, was Carey’s sending partner.

Question 17

Quakers

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A denomination that split from the Anglican church and distinctly seek inner light and ‘tremble’ in the way of the Lord

Question 18

Luther Rice

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Associate of Adoniram and Ann Judson who returned to America to help raise funds for them.

Question 19

1995

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Racial reconciliation statement SBC

Question 20

J.R. Graves

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Encourager of Landmarkism, coined the saying “Every church a Baptist church.”

Question 21

First London Confession

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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.

Question 22

John Clarke

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One of the founders of Rhode Island Colony and fought for religious liberty in America

Question 23

Obadiah Holmes

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Rhode Islander that was whipped for meeting on the Lord’s day, said that his lashes felt like roses

Question 24

Henry Dunster

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Puritan minister from England that immigrated to American than became the first president of Harvard

Question 25

Krishna Pal

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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.

Question 26

John Dagg

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American Baptist theological that wrote the first systematic theology of the American Baptists

Question 27

Thomas Grantham

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General Baptist under Charles II that baptized John Watts

Question 28

First Great Awakening

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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

Question 29

Jonathan Edwards

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Congregationalist preacher known for his role in the FGA and his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

Question 30

Isaac Backus

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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.

Question 31

Andrew Bryan

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African-American Baptist that took over Liele's congregation in Savannah, Georgia when he left for Jamaica.

Question 32

Triennial Convention

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The General Missionary Convention's new title, an organization that was formed to guide the funding of multiple ministries.

Question 33

Baptist Missions Society

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Founded by Baptists in England, supported William Carey

Question 34

David George

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Discipled by Liele in Georgia, this abandoned slave moved to Nova Scotia where he established a Particular Baptist presence before moving to Sierra Leone.

Question 35

Alexander Campbell

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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.

Question 36

TULIP

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An acronym for the five primary doctrines of Calvinism

Question 37

ABHMS

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Founded in 1832 by John Peck and Jonathan Going to promote the preaching the gospel in North America.

Question 38

39 Articles

Answer 38

Compiled in 1571, the defining document of the Church of England that separated them from the Catholic church.