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'''Baptists''' is a general name for various [[Protestant]] groups that stress adult [[baptism]].  With that adult baptism, the individual acquires authority to determine matters of religion and [[faith]] for himself, or as part of a local congregation of believers.  Baptists generally lack a religious hierarchy, tradition, or texts other than the [[Bible]].  Baptists stress evangelical work.
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Historically, '''Baptists''' are descended primarily from the work of [[John Smyth]] (1554-1612) in [[England]], who was originally an Anglican minister and a [[Cambridge]] graduate.<ref>http://levellers.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/john-smyth-1570-1612-puritan-separatist-baptist-mennonite/</ref>  He fled to [[Holland]] due to persecution of the [[Anabaptists]], of which he was part.<ref>http://www.exlibris.org/nonconform/engdis/anabaptists.html</ref>
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In the [[United States]], Baptists are leaders in opposing [[alcohol]], [[gambling]] and [[homosexuality]].<ref>http://www.abpnews.com/2885.article</ref>  Their largest organization, the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], has 16 million members and is an influential social and political group:<ref>http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/default.asp</ref>
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:Since its organization in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has grown to over 16 million members who worship in more than 42,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptists sponsor about 5,000 home missionaries serving the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean, as well as sponsoring more than 5,000 foreign missionaries in 153 nations of the world.
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Though each Baptist is free to define his own beliefs, a revised collection of common principles held by [[American]] Baptists was set forth by the SBC in 2000.<ref>http://www.sbc.net/bfm/</ref>
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In 2004, [[conservatives]] at the SBC introduced a resolution calling on all parents to pull their children out of [[public school]] due to the [[liberal]] indoctrination there.  The resolution was defeated, not because Baptists disagreed with the motivation, but because the SBC did not want to usurp parental authority over how to educate their children.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38986</ref>
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== References ==
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[[category:Christianity]]
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[[Category:Protestantism]]
 
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