The name Reformed Baptist refers both to a distinct Christian denomination, and to a description of theological leaning. Not all churches or individuals that are Calvinistic in doctrine identify themselves as Reformed Baptist.
Reformed Baptists are Baptists that hold to a Calvinistic Soteriology, and typically adhere to the 1644 or 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. They can trace their history through the early modern Particular Baptists of Engla...
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The name Reformed Baptist refers both to a distinct Christian denomination, and to a description of theological leaning. Not all churches or individuals that are Calvinistic in doctrine identify themselves as Reformed Baptist.
Reformed Baptists are Baptists that hold to a Calvinistic Soteriology, and typically adhere to the 1644 or 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. They can trace their history through the early modern Particular Baptists of England.
Reformed Baptist churches quite often adhere to either the First or Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1644 (modified in 1646 and again in 1651) and 1689 respectively. These two statements are usually not considered exhaustive or infallibly authoritative, but instead are convenient summaries of a church's belief. Reformed Baptists attempt to derive all of their doctrine directly from the Bible, which they see as the sole authority of faith and practice.
Reformed Baptist Churches are distinct in that they are both Reformed ...
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