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The name Reformed Baptist does not necessarily refer to a distinct denomination but instead is a description of the church's theological leaning. Not all churches that are reformed in doctrine identify themselves as such. There is one association of Reformed Baptist chuches: the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America, founded March 11, 1997. Reformed Baptist churches quite often adhere to either the First or Second London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1646 and 1689 respectively. These two statements are usually not considered exhaustive or completely accurate, but instead are convenient summaries of a church's belief. All Reformed Baptist derive all of their doctrine directly from the Bible and see it as the sole authority of faith and practice. Reformed Baptist Churches are distinct in that they are both Reformed (adhering to and showing respect for much of the theology defined by John Calvin as well as Baptists (believing in baptism for sinners only, and that by immersion.) A congregational governance system gives autonomy to individual local churches which are often associated in loose organizations such as the Southern Baptist Convention which is the largest. Historically, the five points of Calvinism have been central tenets of the Reformed faith, which all Reformed Baptist churches agree with by definition. However, conservative Reformed theology is normally committed to Covenant theology , one application of which is the practice of infant baptism Infant baptism . For this reason more traditional Reformed branches of Christianity sometimes refuse to accept their Reformed Baptist brothers as truly Reformed

Resources in This Category

• Reformed Baptist -

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_Baptist
  A Wikipedia article with links to related sites.

• Reformed Baptist Sites

  http://qqohelet.tripod.com/reflinks.htm
  Links to Reformed Baptist sites as well as sites on more general Reformed theology.

• REFORMED BAPTIST?

  http://www.vor.org/truth/refbapt.html
  A short description of the historical Baptist tradition combined with the theology of the great Reformers.

• The Reformed Reader

  http://www.reformedreader.org/
  A site committed to the historic Baptist and Reformed faith. Learn and research Baptist history, doctrine, theology and biographies.

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