The Baptists
Baptists are a branch of Christianity that came about probably in the early seventeenth century, as far as historical evidence goes. The term Baptist comes from the major rejection of infant baptism – Baptists believe that a human being must be old enough to proclaim his faith and association with the church by his own free will in order to become part of the religion. This contrasts with other Christian denominations such as Roman Catholicism where the parents of the infant take responsibility for baptizing them at a very young age where they do not have the ability to choose. Statistically, over 90 million people in the entire world call themselves a Baptist (in almost 300 congregations). 47 million of these are in the United States alone. Baptists exist in the United States as the second largest Christian denomination in the country, with Roman Catholics coming in first place. Baptists are also the largest Protestant denomination in the United States.......

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