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John Smyth and Thomas Helwys organize first English-speaking Baptist Church
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London Baptists organize first Particular Baptist Church
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Providence Baptist Church organizes first Baptist Church in North America
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Charleston FBC – First Baptist church in the South
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Philadelphia Baptist Association – First Baptist association
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George Whitefield preaches in Baptist church in Charleston at start of First Great Awakening
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Charleston Baptist Association – First Baptist association in the South
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Sandy Creek Baptist Association – Center of Separate Baptist movement
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Key Figure: George Liele
George Liele, born and raised as a slave in Virginia, converted to Christianity and was set free by his Master. In 1783, Liele took his family to Jamaica and began to preach the gospel there, starting the spiritual awakening and Baptist movement in Jamaica. -
Key Figure: David Barrow
David Barrow, a respected pastor in Virginia, is among the first to free his slaves, and becomes a leading advocate for the abolition of slavery. -
John Taylor’s preaching begins Second Great Awakening
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Key Figure: Luther Rice
Luther Rice, friend and co-laborer of Adoniram Judson, become Baptists, so Luther returns home to raise support from the Baptist Denomination. In his pursuit, he unites Baptists all over the country, helping to encourage the formation of the Triennial Convention, and continuing to raise funds and support for missions. -
Triennial Convention formed
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Key Figure: Ann Judson
Ann Judson (with her husband Adoniram Judson) arrive as part of the first group of missionaries to Burma, where she helped establish the Burmese Church, and translated and produced a Catechism in the Burmese language. -
Baptists appoint Lott Cary as first African-American missionary
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Baptists Disfellowship Cambellites
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Key Figure: Sarah Judson
In 1845, Sarah Judson dies, concluding a lifetime of devoted to missions (as a single woman, married to George Boardman, as a widow, and then again married to Adoniram Judson) translating the New Testament and various tracts into the native tongue for Burmese speakers. -
Southern Baptist Convention (including Foreign and Home Mission Boards)
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Key Figure: Martha Crawford
In 1851, Martha Crawford (with her husband Tarleton P. Crawford) is appointed as a missionary to China, which starts her 50 years of missionary gospel work. -
Key Figure: James M. Pendleton
In 1854 James M. Pendleton, a prominent and outspoken anti-slavery activist and prominent Southern Baptist Pastor, penned An Old Landmark Re-Set which perpetuated the view of Landmarkism. -
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary founded
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Civil War
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Key Figure: Lottie Moon
In 1873 Lottie Moon (1840-1912) is appointed to serve as a missionary in China by the Foreign Mission Board, where she will serve faithfully until the year of her death. -
Toy's dismissal from SBTS
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First Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
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Alberto Diaz to Cuba as SBC Missionary
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Key Figure: Annie Armstrong
the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is established, named to honor the woman whose organization prowess and love for the gospel helped found the Woman’s Missionary Union, and raised immeasurable support for the Home Mission Board. -
Baptists adopt Cooperative Program and Baptist Faith and Message
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Key Figure: Bertha Smith
When Communism took over China in 1948, Bertha Smith was forced out of the country, but rather than returning home, she continued her gospel work in Taiwan. Bertha served as a single woman missionary for 42 years and “retired” by doing missionary work in 10+ other countries. -
Billy Graham Crusade in Los Angeles
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Martyrdom of Bill Wallace in China
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Ralph Elliot's Message of Genesis
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Baptist Faith and Message Revised
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Growing controversy over the infallibility of Scripture within SBC
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Adrian Rogers elected SBC president to start conservative revolution
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Dallas Largest SBC in History (45,561)
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First meeting of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
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R. Albert Mohler Appointed president at SBTS
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Racial reconciliation statement in SBC
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Baptist Faith and Message Revised to reassert inerrancy
