Baptist History & Beliefs Exam #2 Flashcards | Quizlet

John Howard Shakespeare

General Secretary of the Baptist Union (1898–1924) who was very progressive and led in the decline of Baptists in England; led two major fund drives, denominational restructuring, construction of the Baptist Church House HQ in London, ecumenical dialogue, and helped form the Baptist World Alliance in 1905.

Results of the Baptist merger in the UK in 1891

The Particular Baptist structures (organization, society method, etc.) prevailed, while General Baptist theology continued and prevailed.

Fundamentalist (Beale definition)

Ideally, it is one who desires to reach out in love and compassion to people, believes and defends the whole Bible as the absolute, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God, and stands committed to the doctrine and practice of holiness.

Origin of the term Fundamentalism (1919)

Originated in 1919 when Curtis Lee Laws wrote in his Baptist magazine that people should take a stand for the fundamentals of the faith and defend them against liberalism.

Fundamentals of the Faith

The inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture; the death of Christ (He must be God to give salvation); the virgin birth of Christ (Christ died in our place); and the physical resurrection and physical second coming of Christ.

Stages of Fundamentalism

Nonconformist stage (1857–1920: interdenominational, revivalist, Bible Conference Movement, focused on End Times; 1920–: battles vs. liberals) and Separatist stage (1920–1950: separation from Mainline denominations; 1950–1970: separation from New Evangelicalism; 1970–present: defection into broader Evangelicalism).

C. I. Scofield

Leader in Presbyterian Fundamentalism and Dispensationalism who was strongly premillennial, authored a famous Study Bible, and co-founded Philadelphia College of the Bible (Cairn University) with William L. Pettingill.

James H. Brooks

St. Louis, MO, Presbyterian leader who held strongly to dispensationalism, was strongly premillennial, taught C. I. Scofield, and spoke at and organized Bible Conferences.

Lewis Sperry Chafer

Presbyterian Fundamentalist leader who lived in Dallas, TX, was instrumental in dispensationalism, and helped found Dallas Theological Seminary in 1924.

Old School Presbyterians

Presbyterians who enforced strict application of church government, emphasized God's holiness and sovereignty, practiced traditional Reformed theology and evangelism, leaned toward Scottish 'Common-Sense' realism, were based in the South, and defended slavery.

New School Presbyterians

Presbyterians who restated Calvinism in terms of human experience, denied inherited sin from Adam (viewing sin as individual and voluntary self-love), embraced Charles Finney's 'new measures' of evangelism, and adopted a modified Calvinism influenced by New England Theology.

Walter Rauschenbusch

New York professor at Rochester Theological Seminary known as the liberal 'Father of the Social Gospel' who published a book asserting that the primary problem is poverty and that everyone needs to be made equal.

GARBC Separation (1932)

Separated from the Northern Baptist Convention in 1932 (originating out of the Bible Baptist Union); willingly separated early from liberalism, disavowed 'Big Man' leadership, and prohibited dual membership with the NBC.

Robert Ketcham

Midwestern leader and national representative of the GARBC who provided guidance for churches to separate from liberalism even when pastors sacrificed financial and retirement security.

Baptist Bible Union

A fundamentalist division organized in 1923 when Fundamentalist Fellowship tactics failed; included men outside the Northern Baptist Convention and utilized more activist, confrontational schemes against the Convention.

GARBC vs. CBA Separatism

The GARBC separated early in 1932, took a strong stand against liberalism, maintained 'Baptist' in their name, and barred dual membership; the CBA separated only after being forced out in 1947, was softer on separatism, dropped 'Baptist' from agency names, and allowed dual membership.

Foundations Baptist Fellowship International (FBFI)

A group that broke away from the Northern Baptist Convention / CBA in 1967 over issues of ecclesiastical separation to maintain doctrinal purity in their fellowship.

Southern Baptist Convention Growth (1900 vs. 1983)

Missionaries grew from 94 to 3,800; mission giving grew from $140,102 to $123,000,000; Sunday school enrollment grew from 636,944 to 7,678,604; and church membership grew from 1,586,709 to 14,208,226.

Harold Ockenga

First President of Fuller Theological Seminary and one of the principal intellectual leaders representing the New Evangelical movement in the 20th century.

Edward J. Carnell

First-generation New Evangelical and president of Fuller Theological Seminary (1954–1959) who wrote 'The Case for Orthodoxy' and controversially attacked conservatives while sparing neo-orthodox theologian Karl Barth.

George Eldon Ladd

Fuller Theological Seminary professor who sought recognition from theological liberals, argued that modern critical methodologies need not preclude faith, and wrote 'A Place at the Table.'

New Evangelical Representatives and Outlets

Represented by Christianity Today magazine, intellectual leaders Harold Ockenga and Carl F. H. Henry, evangelist Billy Graham, and Fuller Theological Seminary.

Fuller Theological Seminary Inerrancy Shift (1967)

A major negative milestone evaluated in New Evangelical history when Fuller Theological Seminary abandoned its doctrinal statement affirming biblical inerrancy in 1967.

R. H. Boyd

Leader who spearheaded a schism from the National Baptist Convention in 1915 over the control of the Publications Board and Home Missions Board, forming the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.

Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association

An association formed by conservative African-American Baptist churches after their application to affiliate with existing white Bible-believing groups (such as the GARBC) was rejected on racial grounds.