NOUN | group | Baptist denomination | group of Baptist congregations |
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Meaning | group of Baptist congregations. | |
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Part of | Baptist Church, Baptists | Any of various evangelical Protestant churches that believe in the baptism of voluntary believers |
Narrower | Arminian Baptist, General Baptist | group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (who opposed the doctrine of strict predestination of the Calvinists) |
Calvinistic Baptist, Particular Baptist | group of Baptist congregations believing the teachings of the French theologian John Calvin who believed in strict predetermination | |
Church of the Brethren, Dunkers, Dippers | A Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent | |
Broader | Protestant denomination | group of Protestant congregations |
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