Baptist History

BAPTISTS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

(lecture 14)

* PART ONE: PERSECUTION IN MASSACHUSETTS

- ISAAC BACKUS

* PART TWO: STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY IN MASS.

* PART THREE: VIRGINIA – DECISIVE

BATTLEGROUND- COLONIAL LAWS

- EFFORTS TO CONTROL SEPARATE BAPTISTS

- SEPARATES FIGHT BACK

* PART FOUR: LIFE AND WORK OF JOHN LELAND

• PART FIVE: FINAL STRUGGLE FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN VIRGINIA

• PART SIX: BATTLE FOR FEDERAL RELIGIOUS

LIBERTY

* PART SEVEN: THE CONSTITUTION AND VIRGINIA- SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

- JOHN LELAND

- THE BILL OF RIGHTS

Baptist History

I. OLD VS. NEW LIGHT SCHISM

(PRESBYTERIAN)

II. CHARLESTON BAPTISTS (started 1740)a. Calvinist theologyb. Liturgical, educated ministers,

discipleship

III. SANDY CREEK BAPTISTS (started 1755)a. General atonement and

evangelistic

b. Less educated ministry and less

formal

IV. CHARLESTON VS. SANDY CREEK

BAPTISTS