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Baptist
Baptist, in the broadest sense of the term, refers to any system of church that interprets baptism in the Bible as the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Saviour (Jesus Christ), the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. In a more restricted sense, Baptist refers to people who are associated with Baptist churches.
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Believer’s baptism (occasionally called credobaptism, from the Latin word credo) is the Christian practice of baptism as this is understood by many Protestant churches, especially those that descend from the Anabaptist tradition. A person is baptized on the basis of his or her profession of faith in Jesus Christ and as admission into a local community of faith. It may be contrasted to infant baptism (pedobaptism or paedobaptism, from the Greek paido meaning “child”), in which children may be baptized upon request of a parent who professes faith. Such baptisms are performed in various manners: believer's baptism by immersion is more common than by aspersion. (More...)
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John Stephen Piper (born January 11, 1946, Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a Reformed and Baptist theologian, preacher, and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous books, including ECPA Christian Book Award winners What Jesus Demands from the World,[1] Pierced by the Word,[2] and God's Passion for His Glory,[3] and bestsellers Don't Waste Your Life[4] and The Passion of Jesus Christ.[5] The evangelical organization Desiring God is named for his book Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist (1986). (More...)
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