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'''Independent Baptist''' or '''Independent Fundamentalist Baptist''' churches are [[Christian]] churches which generally adhere to [[fundamentalist]] [[conservative]] [[Baptist]] beliefs and specifically do not join any of the Baptist denominations. Another key characteristic of the churches is their adherence to the [[King James only]] position on the Bible: a significant number specifically state in their official doctrinal statements that no other translation will be used in their teaching while very few do not hold to this view.

'''Independent Baptist''' churches, sometimes called '''Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB)''' churches, are [[Christian]] churches which generally adhere to [[fundamentalist]] [[conservative]] [[Baptist]] beliefs and specifically do not join any of the Baptist denominations.

 

Another key characteristic of IFB churches is their adherence to the [[King James only]] position on the Bible; a significant number specifically state in their official doctrinal statements that no other translation will be used in their teaching.  Others may allow the use of alternate translations only to show how they differ from the KJV and why they consider the KJV the superior translation.  A very few do not hold to the KJV only position.

Independent Baptist churches make up a small number of the Baptist churches in the [[United States]] and a small number of people who consider themselves Baptists belong to an Independent Baptist church.

Independent Baptist churches make up a small number of the Baptist churches in the [[United States]] and a small number of people who consider themselves Baptists belong to an Independent Baptist church.

Independent Baptists include [[John R. Rice]], [[Peter Ruckman]], Bob Jones Jr., Bob Jones, III, [[J. R. Church]], [[Ross Spencer]], [[Kevin O'Brien]], [[Buck Hatfield]], [[Jimmy G. Tharpe]], and [[Don Ohm]]. [[Jerry Falwell]] began his ministry as an Independent Baptist, but later joined the Southern Baptist Convention. Numerous Bible [[colleges]], including [[Pensacola Christian College]] in Pensacola, [[Florida]], are affiliated with this denomination, and [[Bob Jones University]] is sometimes associated with the movement despite its official non-denominational status and its founding by a [[Methodist]]. Many Independent Baptist Bible colleges are small institutions operated by a local church, like Landmark Baptist College in Haines City, Florida.

Independent Baptists include [[John R. Rice]], [[Peter Ruckman]], Bob Jones Jr., Bob Jones, III, [[J. R. Church]], [[Ross Spencer]], [[Kevin O'Brien]], [[Buck Hatfield]], [[Jimmy G. Tharpe]], and [[Don Ohm]]. [[Jerry Falwell]] began his ministry as an Independent Baptist, but later joined the Southern Baptist Convention. Numerous Bible [[colleges]], including [[Pensacola Christian College]] in Pensacola, [[Florida]], are affiliated with this denomination, and [[Bob Jones University]] is sometimes associated with the movement despite its official non-denominational status and its founding by a [[Methodist]].

 

Many Independent Baptist Bible colleges are small institutions operated by a local church, like Landmark Baptist College in Haines City, Florida.  These colleges serve usually to teach pastors and other church leaders for IFB ministry positions, and do not have comprehensive offerings like Pensacola Christian or Bob Jones.

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