List of Baptist confessions of faith explained

Since the early days of the Baptist movement, various denominations have adopted common confessions of faith as the basis for cooperative work among churches.^[1] The following is a list of confessions that have been important to the development of various Baptist churches throughout history.

17th century

• 1611 Thomas Helwys Declaration of Faith
• 1644 First London Baptist Confession - revised in 1646
• 1651 The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations
• 1654 The True Gospel-Faith Declared According to the Scriptures
• 1656 The Somerset Confession of Faith
• 1655 Midland Confession of Faith
• 1660 The Standard Confession
• 1678 The Orthodox Creed
• 1689 Second London Baptist Confession - originally written in 1677
• 1691 A Short Confession or a Brief Narrative of Faith

18th century

• 1729 The Goatyard Declaration of Faith
• 1742 The Philadelphia Confession
• 1757 Carter Lane Declaration of Faith
• 1758 The Sandy Creek Confession
• 1770 Articles of Religion of the New Connexion
• 1788 The Coalheaver's Confession.^[2]

19th century

• • 1833 New Hampshire Confession of Faith 1834 A Treatise on the Faith of the Freewill Baptists
• 1858 The Abstract of Principles
• 1866 Compend of Christian Doctrines Held by Baptists
• 1878 The Articles of Faith of the Gospel Standard Aid and Poor Relief Societies (Strict Baptist) - an expression of Hyper-Calvinism

20th century

• 1900 Fulton Confession of Faith (Primitive Baptists)
• 1923 Articles of Faith Put Forth by the Baptist Bible Union (defunct fundamentalist group within ABC)
• 1925 Baptist Faith and Message - revised in 1963, 1998 and 2000
• 1935 Treatise on the Faith and Practice of the Free Will Baptists
• 1985 Doctrinal Statement of the Brazilian Baptists, 1985, Brazilian Baptist Convention.

External links

• Baptist Confessions of Faith
• Reformed Reader - Historic Baptist Documents

Notes and References

1. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2021, p. 160-161
2. Book: Huntington, William . Catalogue Entry » The coal-Heaver's confession; intended as a supplement to "the rule and the riddle." . WorldCat . 1788 . 642680974 .