List of Baptist confessions of faith

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.

References

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

External links

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