So You’re a Baptist (by Mark Noll)
In 2007, the Baptist World Alliance reported that there were about 53 million Baptists in the world, with about two-thirds of them located in the United States.
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Other Christian traditions also manifest great internal diversity, but Baptists seem to outdo them all. Even to Baptists who have deeply pondered the question, it can be a real puzzle to say what it means to be a Baptist… “In the end … the Baptist identity, a phenomenon of the flux of history, may elude definition.”
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[David Bebbington's] conclusion about the question of Baptist identity exemplifies the compact wisdom of his entire treatment: “Taken together, these three convictions—believer’s baptism, a regenerate church membership, and the kingship of all believers—do seem fundamental to Baptist life, but even when taken together they do not form a characterization that includes all Baptists while excluding all others.”
http://www.booksandculture.com/articles/2011/julaug/youbaptist.html
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