Like others, I spent a good portion of my years in the pastorate grieving at the amount of sacrifice that seems to be a natural part…
When Free Will Baptists are compared and contrasted with other denominations, attention usually is given to questions of general atonement, man’s responsibility in the salvation experience…
Free Will Baptists have a rather splendid and extended heritage in education. Hillsdale College in Michigan, Rio Grande in Ohio, and Bates College in Maine were,…
When the New England Free Will Baptists (leaders pictured below left, and at the grave of Benjamin Randall, right) merged with the Northern Baptists in 1911,…
Between the First (1726-1742) and Second (1795-1805) Great Awakenings in America, revivalism experienced a radical restructuring. The first national revival in the colonies had been characterized…
Do you ever wonder why Free Will Baptists only have two major offices in the church, pastor and deacon? Is that right? Other denominations have bishops,…
February 3, 1908, at 3:00 p.m., a document was filed with the register of Davidson County, state of Tennessee. The document was a charter for the…
The North Carolina General Baptists of the 18th century would eventually evolve into the Free Will Baptists of the 19th century, but the earlier group almost…
As you journey through Free Will Baptist history, you find some intriguing stops along the way. Enjoy exploring the following locations of significance to the Free…
The General Baptist Confession of 1660 On July 26,1660, the General Baptists in England presented their “Standard or Brief Confession of Faith” to King Charles II.…