- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Primitive Baptists
- Creator:
- Crowley, John G., 1955-
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-06
- Subject:
- Primitive Baptists--Georgia
Christians--Georgia
Protestants--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Primitive Baptists. The Primitive Baptists emerged in Georgia and elsewhere as a distinct denomination during the early nineteenth century in response to the growing importance of missionary efforts in the Baptist church. The Primitive Baptists opposed such efforts, embracing a more conservative theology that relied upon such established ideas and traditions as the Calvinist doctrine of predestination and a literal interpretation of the Bible. Though strongest in rural and frontier areas of the South and West, Primitive (also known as Old School, Predestinarian, and Antimission) Baptists existed in all parts of the United States, with counterparts in the Strict Baptists of England and Australia, and the Covenanted Baptists of Canada. In 2005 there were approximately 12,000 Primitive Baptists in Georgia and about 425 churches serving them.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/primitive-baptists/
- Language:
- eng
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- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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