Midterm COPY 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”.