Why study the rise of the baptists? Because it is our heritage, we are a training institution, we are, by conviction, Baptists. Baptists have different distinctive such as like the separation of church and state, authority of scriptures, priesthood of all believers, two ordinances, congregational polity, religious liberty and local church autonomy.
I would focus on authority of scripture. I do believe that God himself is the authority of the Bible. The words are true and it will not pass away according to Matthew 24:35. The living word is the living himself. The scripture is the special revelation to us in order for us to have knowledge about him and make him as our Savior(1 Pet. 1:23). As believer, it is my privilege to study church history because my learning is not just about the people who were involved but the revelation which God used for me to really believe and stick on Him. What a blessing from studying the history of Church.
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