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{{Short description|none}}{{Baptist}}General Baptists are Baptists who hold the general or unlimited atonement view, the belief that Jesus Christ died for the entire world and not just for the chosen elect. General Baptists are theologically Arminian, which distinguishes them from Reformed Baptists (also known as "Particular Baptists" for their belief in particular redemption).{{fact|date=July 2016}}Free Will Baptists are General Baptists; opponents of the English General Baptists in North Carolina dubbed them "Freewillers" and they later assumed the name.BOOK, Brackney, William H., Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, 13 April 2009, Scarecrow Press, en, 9780810862821, 245, BOOK, Garrett, James Leo, Baptist Theology: A Four-century Study, 2009, Mercer University Press, en, 9780881461299, 119, BOOK, Jonas, W. Glenn, The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition, 2008, Mercer University Press, en, 9780881461206, 151, General Baptists in North Carolina (the Palmer/Parker heritage) were often called "free willers" by their Regular (Reformed) Baptist neighbors. The name was becoming popular by the beginning of the nineteenth century, and in 1828 the group there adopted the name "Free Will Baptists." The reference, of course, was to the doctrine of General Atonement taught by the General Baptists., General Baptist denominations have explicated their faith in two major confessions of faith, "The Standard Confession" (1660), and "The Orthodox Creed" (1678).BOOK, Chute, Anthony L., Finn, Nathan A., Haykin, Michael A. G., The Baptist Story: From English Sect to Global Movement, 2015, B&H Publishing Group, 978-1-4336-8316-9, en,

History

The first Baptists, led by John Smyth and Thomas Helwys in the late 16th and early 17th century, were General Baptists. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 243 Under Helwys' leadership, this group established the first Baptist church in England at Spitalfields outside London.BOOK, Leonard, Bill J., Baptists in America, New York, Columbia University Press, 2005, 9780231127028,weblink registration, 9, isbn:9780231127028., 2013-06-21, Helwys is credited with the formation of a general Baptist congregation in Coventry in 1614 or earlier when he gathered with Smyth and leading Coventry Puritans at the residence of Sir William Bowes and his wife, Isobel, in 1606."The City of Coventry: Protestant nonconformity, Introduction." A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8, the City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick. Ed. W B Stephens. London: Victoria County History, 1969. 372-382. British History Online. Web. 28 April 2020.weblink Thomas Grantham, along with others, presented a confession of beliefs to King Charles II in 1660.Taylor, Adam. (1818). The History of the English General Baptists. Printed by T. Bore, London. pp. 359f. Google Books website Retrieved 27 April 2020. A respected Biblical scholar,Agnew, David Carnegie Andrew. (1886). Protestant exiles from France, chiefly in the reign of Louis XIV; or, The Huguenot refugees and their descendants in Great Britain and Ireland. Book one. Chapter VIII – Refugees being Converts from Romanism during the First Half of the Reign of Louis XIV. pp. 166f. Wikisource website Retrieved 27 April 2020. Dr. Charles Marie Du Veil, was baptized into the St. Paul's Alley congregation, published his new views, and helped the General Baptist influence after 1685.Taylor, 1818, pp. 346-349.WorldCat website Retrieved 27 April 2020. In 1733 a case against several Northamptonshire congregations was presented to the General Assembly of General Baptists for "singing the psalms of David or other men's composures" which determined no fixed rule on congregational singing, but deferred to the local church to set forth their own reasons as the general assembly had in 1689.Julian, John. editor. (1985)."Baptist Hymnody, English." Dictionary of hymnology : origin and history of Christian hymns and hymnwriters of all ages and nations. Grand Rapids, Michigan : Kregel Publications. Vol. 2, pp. 110f. Google Books website Retrieved 27 April 2020.The term is also used as a designation for specific groups of Baptists.BOOK,weblink Baptist Theology: A Four-Century Study, Garrett Jr., James Leo, James Leo Garrett Jr., 2009, Mercer University Press, Macon, GA, 9780881461299, 2012-09-10, {{rp|35}}In 1825, opponents of General Baptists in North Carolina dubbed them "Freewillers" and they later assumed the name Free Will Baptists.General Baptists who accepted the existence of a second work of grace during the Holiness Movement established denominations such as the Ohio Valley Association of the Christian Baptist Churches of God and Holiness Baptist Association.BOOK, Lewis, James R., The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions, 2002, Prometheus Books, 9781615927388, en,

General Baptist denominations

• Evangelical Free Baptist Church{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
• General Association of General Baptists
• General Six-Principle Baptists
• Holiness Baptist Association
• Some Independent Baptist churchesBOOK, Robertson Co, TN, 1996, Turner Publishing Company, en, 9781563113055, 183,
• Marianas Association of General Baptists
• National Association of Free Will BaptistsBOOK, McBeth, H. Leon, The Baptist Heritage, 29 January 1987, B&H Publishing Group, en, 9781433671029, 857,
• New Connexion of General Baptists
• Ohio Valley Association of the Christian Baptist Churches of God
• Old Baptist Union
• Original Free Will Baptist Convention
• United American Free Will Baptist ChurchBOOK, Kurian, George Thomas, Day, Sarah Claudine, The Essential Handbook of Denominations and Ministries, 14 March 2017, Baker Publishing Group, en, 9781493406401, 82,
• United American Free Will Baptist Conference
• Converge
• Baptist General Conference of Canada

References

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External links

• The Standard Confession - confession of faith upheld by General Baptists
• The Orthodox Creed - confession of faith upheld by General Baptists

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