Independent Baptist

Independent Baptist or Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches are Christian Protestant churches which generally adhere to conservative Baptist beliefs and do not join larger Baptist groups, particularly the more liberal ones. 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. Bob Jones University is affiliated with this denomination. Notable members include J. Frank Norris, John R. Rice, Peter Ruckman, Bob Jones Jr., and Bob Jones III. Jerry Falwell began his ministry as an Independent Baptist, but later joined the Southern Baptist Convention.