John Smyth | Puritan leader, Separatist, Dissenter | Britannica
2 days ago — John Smyth was an English religious libertarian and Nonconformist minister, called “the Se-baptist” (self-baptizer), who is generally considered the founder of the organized Baptists of England. He also influenced the Pilgrim Fathers who immigrated to North America in 1620.
John Smyth (English theologian) - Wikipedia
In 1609, Smyth, and Thomas Helwys, along with a group in Holland, came to believe in believer's baptism (thereby rejecting infant baptism) and they came together to form one of the earliest Baptist churches.
John Smyth: Root of the Baptists - Christians for Christ Ministries
May 10, 2012 — John Smyth was one of the founders of the Baptist church movement as a whole and was the impetus for the later founding of the General Baptists under his protégé Thomas Helwys. Smyth also made major contributions to later Baptist denominations and influenced the founding of America through colonies fleeing religious oppression in Europe.
Baptist History: John Smyth - allaboutbaptists.com
The Baptists owe much to John Smyth. His life was one of objective Bible study which led him to formalize Baptist theology. In fact, our church polity and traditions find their roots as a result of Smyth's early influence on the Anabaptists.
John Smyth - Christianity Today
Aug 8, 2008 — On this issue, Smyth finally broke with the Separatists. If the Church of England was, as he believed, "the Church of Antichrist," its baptism must be false.
The Baptist Story | Baylor Magazine - Baylor University
Nov 24, 2008 — When John Smyth organized the first Baptist church in 1609, the underlying motive for leaving Puritan Separatism was the search for a pure church, a true church that embodied the New Testament blueprint.
The Story of John Smyth: How Congregationalist Polity Led to …
Mar 22, 2024 — However, far more importantly, the Smyth congregation was a model of how believer’s baptism developed among the English Puritans, as a logical outflow of their conviction that the church was a community of saints covenanted together to live faithfully to God’s Word.
Short Biography of John Smyth, Baptists - Reformed Reader
John Smyth, 1570-1612. The earliest General Baptist Church was thought to be founded about 1608 or 1609. Its chief founder was John Smyth and it was located in Holland. Smyth’s history begins in England where he was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1594.
A capable theologian and writer, Smyth’s main claim to fame is that he founded the first identifiable Baptist church of modern times, in Holland, about 1609. He entered Christ’s College, Cambridge University, in 1586 to prepare for ministry.
John Smyth - New World Encyclopedia
John Smyth (1570 – c. August 28, 1612) was co-founder, with Thomas Helwys of the modern Baptist denomination, Ordained as an Anglican Priest, he soon identified with the Separatists who opposed State control of the Church, and became pastor of the Independent or Congregational Church in Gainsborough, where he had attended the Grammar School.
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