Baptist church
Immersion-focused Christian denomination
A Baptist church is a Protestant Christian congregation that practices believer's baptism—baptizing only those old enough to profess faith, typically by full immersion.
Baptist churches emphasize congregational autonomy, meaning each church governs itself independently rather than answering to bishops or denominational hierarchy.
She was baptized at the Baptist church when she was twelve.
- deaconsOrdained ministerial assistants
- hymn singingVocalizing religious songs
- eldersSenior community members
- prayer meetingsGroup worship sessions
- pastorChristian congregation leader
altar call · come to Jesus · Sunday school · congregation · communion service · baptistry · born again · evangelicalism · ordination · Bible study groups · missions trip · revival meetings · tent revival · hellfire preaching · Anabaptists · potluck dinner · covered dish supper · gospel choir
- churchesCatholic cathedrals, chapels, Eastern Orthodox, megachurch, Cologne Cathedral
- rural Southdirt roads, gravel roads, backroads, country roads, front porches
- Deep SouthAlabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi River, Mississippi Delta
- Southern culturesweet tea, grits, fried chicken, front porch, barbecue
- Black Churchgospel choir, pastor, preacher, deacons, choir
- British ReligionAnglican, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, vicar
Baptist churchCatholic Church
Pope-led Christian denomination
Roman Catholicism · Eastern Orthodox Church · papacy · infant baptism · high church
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Islamic house of worship
synagogue · Hindu temple · Buddhist temple · secular humanism · Shinto shrine
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