One wouldn't say that Baptists are the same as Methodists or Catholics, but some folks think that
Baptists and
Evangelicals are the same thing. They aren't. Read
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Authentic Baptist churches are governed in the
Free Church tradition in the
Congregational style. Yet some think we should become
Reformed and Hierarchical. We don't think so. Read
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When we use the phrase "authentic Baptists" to describe ourselves, we include historic characteristics (or "distinctives"). We say we are Free Church, Congregational, Trinitarian, Ecumenical, Evangelistic, Inclusive, and Justice-seeking. Read more...