Since the early days of the Baptist movement, various denominations have adopted common confessions of faith as the basis for cooperative work among churches.[1] The following is a list of confessions that have been important to the development of various Baptist churches throughout history.
17th century
edit- 1611 Thomas Helwys Declaration of Faith
- 1644 First London Baptist Confession - revised in 1646
- 1651 The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations
- 1654 The True Gospel-Faith Declared According to the Scriptures
- 1656 The Somerset Confession of Faith
- 1655 Midland Confession of Faith
- 1660 The Standard Confession
- 1678 The Orthodox Creed
- 1689 Second London Baptist Confession - originally written in 1677
- 1691 A Short Confession or a Brief Narrative of Faith
18th century
edit19th century
edit- 1833 New Hampshire Confession of Faith
- 1834 A Treatise on the Faith of the Freewill Baptists
- 1858 The Abstract of Principles
- 1866 Compend of Christian Doctrines Held by Baptists
- 1878 The Articles of Faith of the Gospel Standard Aid and Poor Relief Societies (Strict Baptist)—an expression of Hyper-Calvinism
20th century
edit- 1900 Fulton Confession of Faith (Primitive Baptists)
- 1923 Articles of Faith Put Forth by the Baptist Union of America
- 1925 Baptist Faith and Message - revised in 1963, 1998 and 2000
- 1935 Treatise on the Faith and Practice of the Free Will Baptists
- 1985 Doctrinal Statement of the Brazilian Baptists, 1985, Brazilian Baptist Convention.