List of Baptist confessions of faith

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

17th century

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

18th century

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

19th century

• 1833 New Hampshire Confession
• 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.