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Independent Baptist churches (also referred to as Independent Fundamental Baptist, or IFB) are Christian churches holding to generally Baptist beliefs. Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings General Baptist is a generic term for Baptists that hold the view of a general Atonement, as well as a specific name of groups of Baptists within the broader See also Baptist The Beliefs of Baptist Churches are not totally consistent from one Baptist church to another as Baptists do not have a central governing authority Prima scriptura is a doctrine that says canonized scripture is "first" or "above all" sources of Divine revelation. Sola scriptura ( Latin ablative, "by scripture alone" is the assertion that the Bible as God's written word is self-authenticating See also Ordinance (Latter Day Saints See also Baptist Baptists recognize only two ordinances — Believer's baptism and the Lord's Baptists generally recognize two Scriptural offices, those of Pastor -teacher and Deacon. 1600s 1644 First London Baptist Confession - revised in 1646 1651 The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations 1654 The True Gospel-Faith Congregationalist polity, often known as congregationalism is a system of Church governance in which every Local church congregation is independent Separation of church and state is one of the primary theological distinctions of the Baptist tradition John Bunyan (28 November 1628 &ndash 31 August 1688 a Christian writer and Preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford See also Fuller Baptist Church, Kettering Deathless Sermon William Carey Strict Baptist Thomas Helwys, (c 1575 - c 1616 was one of the joint founders of the Baptist denomination Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly CH Spurgeon, ( June 19, 1834 &ndash January 31, 1892) was a British Reformed Roger Williams ( December 21, 1603 &ndash April 1, 1683) was an English theologian, a notable proponent of Religious The American Baptist Churches USA ( ABCUSA) is a group of Baptist Churches within the United States; the denomination maintains headquarters in The Baptist General Convention of Texas is the oldest surviving Baptist convention in the state of Texas. The National Baptist Convention USA Inc is one of the largest religious organizations among African Americans The convention has over 30000 churches and over 6000000 The Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC is a convention of African-American Baptists emphasizing Civil rights and social justice The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC) is a United States -based mostly conservative Christian denomination The European Baptist Federation (EBF is a federation of 51 Baptist associations and is one of six regional fellowships in the Baptist World Alliance. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. Like all Baptists they are characterized by being independent from the authority of denominations and church councils. Denominationalism|List of Christian denominations|Church (disambiguation A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name structure and doctrine within However, the reason for the distinction, "independent," is that they eschew even the Baptist conventions or associations in which other Baptist churches participate (although many Independent Baptist churches do belong to fellowships). They remain autonomous and congregationalist in nature and are generally fundamentalist in teaching. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing Congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently Fundamentalism refers to a "deep and totalistic commitment" to a belief in and strict adherence to a set of basic principles (often Religious in nature a reaction The IFB movement is not a denomination per se, but there are similarities that run throughout most Independent Baptist churches.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Current developments 2 Distinguishing elements 3 King James Bible debate 3.1 Spanish versions 4 Outreach 5 Bible college movement 6 Colleges and institutes 7 See also 8 Notes 9 External links

History

In the wake of the advancement of modernism and liberalism into National Baptist denominations and conventions in the late 1800s and earlier 1900s in both the United States and England, many Baptist local churches began to feel that the core elements of and doctrines of the Christian Faith, such as the nature of God, the infallibility of the Bible, the literal person of Jesus Christ as both God and man, the nature of the Trinity, the literal resurrection of Christ and the need for Christians to be separate from worldliness were being watered down and abandoned. Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) SSC RF "Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Termonuclear Research" or TRINITY for shprt Троицкий Институт инновационных и термоядерных Christ is the English term for the Greek ( Khristós) meaning "the anointed " Although during the same time period mainline denominations were struggling with the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy, many within these local Baptist churches felt that any association with Liberalism/Modernism even in the forum of debate was tantamount to compromise and was therefore unscriptural. The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy was a religious controversy in the 1920s and '30s within the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century As a result many of these local Baptist churches separated from their former denominations and conventions and reestablished themselves as independent churches. Often within these Denominational churches more conservative elements would often set about establishing new Independent Baptist churches instead of remaining within the denominational churches. ^[1]

Current developments

In the last 20 to 30 years, the use of the King James Version (King-James-Only Movement) and the use of Contemporary Christian music in worship services, more Calvinistic teaching, and the issue of Lordship salvation have divided many IFB churches. Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term " inspirational music " is a genre of Popular music which is Lordship Salvation is a teaching in Christian theology that maintains good works are a necessary consequence of being declared righteous before God. ^[2]

Distinguishing elements

Independent Baptist churches are very conservative in their beliefs and many are still conservative in their styles of worship. This article refers to the religious act For the album by Michael W They tend to reject many things found in many denominational churches because they believe in the doctrine of separation; based on the command to "be ye separate. "^[3] They may exclude the following, depending on the individual church:

• rock and roll and other forms of modern music, including contemporary Christian music,
• dancing
• certain contemporary dress styles such as trousers on women or long hair and earrings on men. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term " inspirational music " is a genre of Popular music which is
• visiting movie theaters,
• drinking of alcohol,
• use of tobacco,
• sex outside of marriage between one man and one woman, such as premarital sex or any other sexual contact, extramarital sex, and homosexuality. In Chemistry, an alcohol is any Organic compound in which a Hydroxyl group ( - O[[hydrogen H]]) is bound to a Carbon Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation.
• and abortion. An (in some cases, all forms of birth control are opposed). Birth control, sometimes synonymous with contraception, is a regimen of one or more actions devices or Medications followed in order to deliberately prevent

They tend also to support conservative American politics, with one notable exception—the general consensus opposes school vouchers, on the basis that such vouchers, if accepted by church-operated schools, would allow the government a "foothold" into the teachings and practices of the individual church and give it authority to dictate what could and could not be taught. A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate issued by the government by which parents can pay for the Education of their children at a

King James Bible debate

Many Independent Baptist churches and associated educational institutions support exclusive use of the King James Bible or other Bible translations based on the Textus Receptus (or Received Text). Textus Receptus ( Latin: "received text" is the name subsequently given to the succession of printed Greek texts of the New Testament which constituted Greek New Testament and the Masoretic (but non Biblia Hebraica or Leningrad Text) Hebrew Old Testament. Koine Greek (Κοινὴ Ἑλληνική, "common Greek" or, ciˈni ðiˈale̞kto̞s "the common dialect" is the popular form of Greek which emerged in The Masoretic Text ( MT) is the Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible ( Tanakh) Biblia Hebraica is a Latin phrase meaning Hebrew Bible. It is traditionally used as a title for printed editions of the Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible) The Leningrad Codex (or Codex Leningradensis) is one of the oldest manuscripts of the complete Hebrew Bible produced according to the Tiberian mesorah; In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christian Biblical canon. ^[4]

Other IFB churches have moved to newer translations such as the New King James Version, New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version and the New International Version. The New King James Version (NKJV is a modern translation of the Bible published by Thomas Nelson Inc The New American Standard Bible (NASB is an English Translation of the Bible. The English Standard Version (ESV is a revision of the 1971 edition of the Revised Standard Version. The New International Version is an English Translation of the Christian Bible. These churches that use newer translations accept that there are disagreements on some textual issues but feel the most important issue is what the King James translators themselves fought for — that the common man should have the Bible in his common language. Some IFBs feel that even the latest revision of the King James Version (made in 1769) is very different from common American English today.

Fundamentalist colleges and universities are divided on which Greek text to use. Several colleges hold that other texts including the Byzantine and Alexandrian texts should also be compared and used. These would include Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary^[5], Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Northland Baptist Bible College, and Temple Baptist Seminary. Central Baptist Theological Seminary is the name of several Baptist Seminaries: Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee Kansas, Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary is an Independent Fundamental Baptist Seminary in Allen Park Michigan, operated in association with the Inter-City Not to be confused with Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Bangalore India or Maranatha College in Idaho. Northland Baptist Bible College is an independent fundamental Baptist college in Dunbar, Wisconsin. Temple Baptist Seminary is the Christian graduate school of theology in Chattanooga Tennessee of Tennessee Temple University. However, other colleges support the idea that the Textus Receptus is the best and the only Greek text that should be used as a source for New Testament translation. These colleges include Ambassador Baptist College, Arlington Baptist College, Heartland Baptist Bible College, Hyles-Anderson College, Pacific Baptist College, Pensacola Christian College, Crown College, Golden State Baptist College, West Coast Baptist College, and International Bible College. Arlington Baptist College is a private four year Bible college in Arlington Texas. Heartland Baptist Bible College is an unaccredited Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college in Oklahoma City Oklahoma, which offers History Hyles-Anderson was founded in 1972 by Jack Hyles with financial support from Russell Anderson Pensacola Christian College (PCC is an unaccredited, Fundamentalist, Independent Baptist College in Pensacola Florida, founded The Crown College is an Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college and Seminary in Powell, Tennessee, offering graduate and Golden State Baptist College (GSBC is an unaccredited Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college in Santa Clara California, offering West Coast Baptist College is an unaccredited Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college in Lancaster California, offering

See also: King-James-Only Movement

Spanish versions

Even though there is a unanimous stand on using the Authorized King James Version (KJV) in English, for the Spanish language the IFBs suffered a rift in their camp after pastor Elmer Fernández parted company with pastor Mickey Carter since the latter affirmed that the Reina-Valera 1960 is an "Elephant in the Living Room", that is, saying it is unacceptable. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States KJVO pastors who are not familiar with Spanish linguistics use the Reina-Valera 1909 Version in Spanish due to the belief that newer Bible versions have various problems in text and translation. The Reina-Valera, first published in 1569 and nicknamed the Bible of the Bear, was published in Basel, Switzerland. Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text likewise called a " translation However, these churches are not really united in their stand in light of their many projects to come up with a new Bible in Spanish; this was what prompted some of their fellow Hispanic pastors to challenge them. A more thorough defense in Spanish of the RV60 has become a safeguard for those native speakers.

Outreach

Many Independent Baptist churches have very organized outreach ministries such as weekly "soul winning," in which groups go and evangelize areas surrounding the church building. Evangelism is the Christian practice of proselytisation. The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the Many churches will also have “bus ministries”, in which volunteers drive church buses or vans to surrounding areas to bring people to the church's services. A few still practice "street preaching," the open-air preaching of the Gospel in a public setting such as a park or street corner, though this is very rare. Like many other types of churches, Independent Baptist churches often have prison ministries and send missions or evangelists to other parts of the country or to other countries to start more local churches. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of See also Evangelism, Christianization A Christian mission has been widely defined since the Lausanne Congress of 1974 as that which [This is done in accordance with Matthew 28 verses 19 & 20. "19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. "]

Some Independent Baptist churches have dismayed moderate Baptists and other evangelical Christians by using outreach techniques that many American Christians consider tasteless and inappropriate for modern Western culture. ^[6] These techniques include marching in local parades with signs urging watchers to repent. ^[7] Critics say the aggressive techniques used by fundamentalist groups give Christians a bad name. Not all Independent Baptist churches use these techniques, although this technique was widely used in the beginning of the fundamentalist movement.

Bible college movement

Many IFB churches start and maintain their own Bible colleges. A Bible college is an institution of Higher education that specializes in Biblical studies. These colleges are often unaccredited and rely heavily on an "apprentice" approach to education, rather than extensive formal training in ancient languages of the Bible, systematic theology, and hermeneutics. Educational accreditation is a type of Quality assurance process under which services and operations of an educational institution or program are evaluated by an external body Systematic theology is a discipline of Christian theology that attempts to formulate an orderly rational and coherent account of the Christian faith and beliefs Hermeneutics may be described as the development and study of Theories of the interpretation and understanding of texts An example of one of these unaccredited colleges is Hyles-Anderson College in Lake County, Indiana. History Hyles-Anderson was founded in 1972 by Jack Hyles with financial support from Russell Anderson This college was started by First Baptist Church of Hammond in Hammond, Indiana.

In more recent years, some IFB colleges, such as Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Northland Baptist Bible College and Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, have become accredited. Not to be confused with Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Bangalore India or Maranatha College in Idaho. Northland Baptist Bible College is an independent fundamental Baptist college in Dunbar, Wisconsin. Not to be confused with Pillsbury College & Seminary (formerly Pillsbury Institute St

Colleges and institutes

Ambassador Baptist College, Lattimore, North Carolina – [1] Arlington Baptist College, Arlington, Texas – [2] Atlantic Baptist Bible College, Chester, Virginia - [3] Baptist College of America, Kokomo, Indiana – [4] Biblical Institute for Theological Preparation, Amman, Jordan - [5] Biblical School of World Evangelism, Milford, Ohio - [6] Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina - [7][8] Boston Baptist College, Boston, Massachusetts - [8] Calvary Baptist Bible College, Carolina, Puerto Rico - [9] Chesapeake Baptist College, Severn, Maryland – [10] Champion Baptist College, Hot Springs, Arkansas – [11] Commonwealth Baptist College, Lexington, Kentucky - [12] Crown College, Powell, Tennessee – [13] Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, Allen Park, Michigan - [14] Fairhaven Baptist College, Chesterton, Indiana – [15] Faithway Baptist College, Ajax, Ontario – [16] Florida Baptist College, Tampa, Florida - [17] Genesee Valley Baptist Institute and Seminary, Penfield, New York - [18] Golden State Baptist College, Santa Clara, California – [19] Grace Baptist College, Gaylord, Michigan – [20] Heartland Baptist Bible College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - [21] Hyles-Anderson College, Lake County, Indiana – [22] Illinois Baptist College, Washington, Illinois - [23] Independent Baptist College, Fort Worth, Texas – [24]

Indiana Baptist College, Greenwood, Indiana – [25] International Baptist College, Tempe, Arizona - [26] International Bible College, Stony Brook, New York - [27] Landmark Baptist College, Haines City, Florida – [28] Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Watertown, Wisconsin – [29] Maryland Baptist Bible College, Elkton, Maryland – [30] Massillon Baptist College, Massillon, Ohio – [31] Midwestern Baptist College, Pontiac, Michigan – [32] New England Baptist Bible College, Southington, Ct. Lattimore is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. Arlington Baptist College is a private four year Bible college in Arlington Texas. Arlington is a Suburb of Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas ( USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area Chester is a Census-designated place (CDP in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Kokomo (ˈkoʊkəmoʊ is a city in and the County seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States, Indiana's 13th largest city Brief History In 1994 Evangelist Ghassan N Haddad developed a Bible Institute for the labourers in the Middle East Amman (ɑˈmɑːn sometimes spelled Ammann ( Arabic عمان ʿAmmān) is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom Milford is a city in Clermont and Hamilton Counties in the US Bob Jones University ( BJU) is a private, Protestant fundamentalist, Liberal arts University Greenville is a mid-sized city located in the upstate of South Carolina. Boston Baptist College is a Bible college located between Hyde Park and Milton, Massachusetts. Carolina (kah-ro-LEE-nah is a city located in the northern part of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean north of Gurabo and Juncos; east of Severn is a Census-designated place (CDP in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the US state of Arkansas, the County seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 68th largest in the United States. The Crown College is an Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college and Seminary in Powell, Tennessee, offering graduate and Powell is a small unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary is an Independent Fundamental Baptist Seminary in Allen Park Michigan, operated in association with the Inter-City Allen Park is a city in Wayne County of the US state of Michigan. Chesterton is a town in Westchester, Jackson and Liberty townships Porter County, Indiana, United States. Ajax ( 2008 population 93104 is a town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario, Canada. Penfield is a Town in Monroe County, New York, United States. Golden State Baptist College (GSBC is an unaccredited Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college in Santa Clara California, offering Santa Clara California (ˌsæntəˈklærə founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852 is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U Gaylord is a city in the US state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3681 Heartland Baptist Bible College is an unaccredited Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college in Oklahoma City Oklahoma, which offers Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. History Hyles-Anderson was founded in 1972 by Jack Hyles with financial support from Russell Anderson Lake County is a county located in the US state of Indiana. In 2000 its population was 484564 making it Indiana's second-most populous county Washington is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. Greenwood is a city in Johnson County, Indiana, United States. International Baptist College is an Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college and Graduate school in Tempe, Arizona, offering Tempe (tɛmpiː Oidbaḍ in Pima) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with a 2007 population of 174091 Stony Brook is a hamlet (unincorporated community (and Census-designated place) located in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County New York Haines City is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Not to be confused with Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Bangalore India or Maranatha College in Idaho. Watertown is a city in Dodge and Jefferson Counties in the US Elkton is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11893 as of the 2000 census Massillon is a city in Stark County in the US state of Ohio. The population was 31325 at the 2000 census. Midwestern Baptist College, formally known as Midwestern Bible College, is an unaccredited higher education institution in Pontiac Michigan. Pontiac is a city in the US state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. - [33] Northland Baptist Bible College, Dunbar, Wisconsin - [34] Oklahoma Baptist College, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - [35] Pacific Baptist College, Pomona, California - [36] Pensacola Christian College, Pensacola, Florida - [37] Piedmont Baptist College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina – [38] Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, Owatonna, Minnesota - [39] Providence Baptist College, Elgin, Illinois – [40] Puerto Rico Baptist College, Bayamón, Puerto Rico - [41] Shawnee Baptist College, Louisville, Kentucky – [42] Tabernacle Baptist College, Greenville, South Carolina – [43] Tabernacle Baptist Bible College, Virginia Beach, Virginia – [44] Tennessee Temple University, Chattanooga, Tennessee – [45] Texas Baptist College, Longview, Texas – [46] Trinity Baptist College, Jacksonville, Florida – [47] Tri-State Baptist College, Walls, Mississippi (near Memphis) – [48] Victory Baptist College, North Augusta, South Carolina – [49] West Coast Baptist College, Lancaster, California -[50]

See also

• Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International
• Independent Baptist Federation
• Independent Baptist Fellowship
• Independent Baptist Fellowship International
• Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America
• New Testament Association of Independent Baptist Churches
• Unregistered Baptist Fellowship
• History of Calvinist-Arminian debate

Notes

External links

• IndependentBaptist.com - The Site for all Independent Baptists
• Why Be a Baptist - historical and doctrinal information on Independent Baptists
• A Brief Survey Of Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches - by Cooper Abrams
• Plains Baptist Challenger - an independent Baptist periodical
• Independent Baptist Articles
• The Case For Independent Baptist Churches from pbministries. org
• iFBPreaching.com IFB Mp3 Sermons for FREE Download
• Fundamental Baptist Churches - What They are and What is Their History
• IFB Reformation - A brief survey of the origins of Independent Fundamental Baptists

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