One of the branches of Protestant Christianity. Modern Baptist churches trace their history to the English Separatist movement in the 1600s.
Not to be confused with the Old Baptist Union.
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Clapham Sect
A group of evangelical Christians, who worshipped at Holy Trinity Church in Clapham and centred on William Wilberforce, who campaigned for the abolition of slavery and other religious, philanthropi...
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First Dutch church, Austin Friars
The original Austin Friars monestery dates from about 1250. In 1550 Edward VI granted Protestant refugees from the Netherlands permission to establish a church here, the first Dutch Protestant chur...
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Alexander MacLaren
Baptist preacher. Born Glasgow. President of the Baptist Union, 1875-6 and 1901-2. Died Edinburgh.
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