Denomination
Baptist
A Trinitarian shelf for Baptist churches, with links to their own doctrine pages.
Baptist churches that confess the Trinity confess one God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This page does not summarize Baptist teaching. It lists doctrine pages those churches publish. See the denomination list and Christianity.
Can you lose your salvation? quotes the Baptist Faith and Message and the Free Will Baptist Treatise beside the other churches. It does not choose a side.
- What Do Protestants Believe?: Quotes the Baptist Faith and Message beside the other churches.
- Catholic vs Protestant: Quotes the same comparison.
They do not choose a side.
These pages quote the Baptist Faith and Message beside the other churches:
They do not choose a side.
What Do Churches Say About the Prosperity Gospel? quotes the 2022 Southern Baptist resolution beside Lausanne, the Assemblies of God, and a Catholic journal. It does not choose a side.
These pages quote the Baptist Faith and Message beside the other churches:
- Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
- What Does the Bible Say About Infant Baptism?
- What Does the Bible Say About Speaking in Tongues?
- Is the Holy Spirit God?
- Methodist vs Baptist
- Baptist vs Catholic
They do not choose a side. The Holy Spirit page states the Nicene confession.
Eastern Orthodox vs Baptist quotes the Baptist Faith and Message beside an Orthodox Church in America catechism chapter on baptism. It does not choose a side.
Official Sources
These links open pages on the body’s own site, or on the site of its official publisher. Each entry names the document, who issues it, and what the page is.
Southern Baptist Convention
- Baptist Faith and Message 2000
Southern Baptist Convention
The Baptist Faith and Message, 2000, on the Southern Baptist Convention’s site.
National Association of Free Will Baptists
- A Treatise of the Faith and Practices
National Association of Free Will Baptists
The 2023 Treatise of the National Association of Free Will Baptists, in the PDF the association hosts.
Start Here
The shared confession and the councils these pages quote.
Salvation and the Last Things
Where these churches disagree about grace, perseverance, and the end. Each page quotes the texts and does not pick a side.
- Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Baptist, Methodist, and Pentecostal texts disagree on whether baptism is necessary for salvation.
- Is the Rapture Biblical?
The King James Version says believers will be caught up. The Assemblies of God and the Church of God teach a rapture and then a visible thousand-year reign. Westminster, the Catechism, and the Baptist Faith and Message describe one return and the judgment.
- Once Saved, Always Saved?
Once saved, always saved means a saved person cannot lose salvation. Churches disagree, and this page quotes each side’s confession without deciding.
- What Does the Bible Say About Infant Baptism?
Infant baptism and believer’s baptism in Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, and Pentecostal texts, with household baptisms and christening.
- What Is TULIP Calvinism?
TULIP stands for total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints. Dort did not use the name.
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- What Does the Bible Say About Infant Baptism?
Infant baptism and believer’s baptism in Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, and Pentecostal texts, with household baptisms and christening.
- What Is TULIP Calvinism?
TULIP stands for total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints. Dort did not use the name.
The Churches
Comparisons that quote this church beside the others. They do not pick a side.
- Baptist vs Catholic: What's the Difference?
The Baptist Faith and Message beside the Catechism of the Catholic Church on authority, baptism, justification, Mary and the saints, the pope, and the Lord’s Supper.
- Catholic vs Protestant: What's the Difference?
Catholics and Protestants confess the Nicene Christ. They differ on authority, justification, the sacraments, Mary, purgatory, and the pope.
- Eastern Orthodox vs Baptist: What's the Difference?
Both confess the Trinity. The Orthodox Church in America catechism describes a godparent speaking for a child and triple immersion. The Baptist Faith and Message requires a believer’s immersion and says true believers will not fall away.
- Eastern Orthodox vs Protestant: What's the Difference?
Both confess the Nicene faith. Their texts differ on Scripture and Tradition, justification, Mary and the saints, icons, and the filioque.
- Methodist vs Baptist: What's the Difference?
United Methodist Articles and Confession beside the Baptist Faith and Message on baptism, the Supper, the church, salvation, and the General Rules on drink.
- What Do Protestants Believe?
Protestant churches confess that Jesus is God the Son and treat Scripture as the rule of faith. They are not one denomination.
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- Eastern Orthodox vs Protestant: What's the Difference?
Both confess the Nicene faith. Their texts differ on Scripture and Tradition, justification, Mary and the saints, icons, and the filioque.
- Methodist vs Baptist: What's the Difference?
United Methodist Articles and Confession beside the Baptist Faith and Message on baptism, the Supper, the church, salvation, and the General Rules on drink.
- What Do Protestants Believe?
Protestant churches confess that Jesus is God the Son and treat Scripture as the rule of faith. They are not one denomination.
- What Does the Bible Say About Speaking in Tongues?
Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 12–14, with Pentecostal, Catholic, Baptist, Reformed, and Methodist texts on tongues, Spirit baptism, and whether every believer speaks in tongues.
Prosperity Teaching
Health and wealth, the Word of Faith, positive confession, and seed faith. The pages quote the teachers and the churches and do not pick a side.