We Are Baptists
The Fundamental Truths of Our Faith and Message
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This book is written for those who are Baptists to be able to give an answer for what you are. Ninety percent of the Baptists in the world are willing to refer to themselves as Protestants. They are ignorant of what Baptist believe and some go so far as to think that the Baptists came from the Roman Catholics. If you study the history of Baptists you will see at a glance why a Baptist is proud of his or her heritage. We are not proud in a disdainful way, but humbly, because we can go back to the banks of the river Jordan. The Al-Maghtas ruins on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River was the location for the Baptism of Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist. I wish to make clear to readers that Baptists do not teach nor believe that you have to belong to their church to be saved. We do not believe that because we are the people of the book and oldest church in the world that hold the keys to the Kingdom of God, and that no one else can preach Jesus.The purpose is to present to you in clear and reasonable arguments the stand that we take as Baptists. Reading this book, you will discover that we are not Protestant and that Baptist have a great heritage. Everyone who wants to understand “The fundamental truths of the Baptist Faith and Message and why ‘I believe what I believe as a Baptist’, will find it helpful, to read this book through and will refer to it again and again.
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About the Book
Recognizing that many are uninformed and confused about their doctrinal point of view in the Baptist church, author Dr. E. Solomon Ernst offers more information about the doctrines of what Baptists believe and why they believe. In We are Baptists, he presents a look at the fundamental truths of the Baptist faith and message. Written especially for Baptists, the book is guided by the teachings of the Bible about the great truths of Jesus Christ. It focuses on God, the father; son; Holy Spirit; the Holy Bible; and man. It also contains a look at a host of teachings, including the Baptist church as the body of Christ, sin, repentance and salvation, God’s grace and the family, Baptist cooperation and other denominations, believers’ water baptism, the Lord’s Supper, evangelism, and more. We are Baptists taps into the core of the Baptist witness and provides a relevant reflection and pedagogy upon the disciplines of the Baptist faith. Suited for textbook purposes in a seminary or Bible college, small-group studies, and Bible study settings, it challenges, motivates, and helps Baptists understand they are people of the Bible.
About the Author
Dr. E. Solomon Ernst, an ordained Baptist preacher, was, for many years, senior pastor of four Baptist churches including Trinity International Baptist Church, Columbus, Ohio. He currently serves as special envoy and direct representative of the president of the Liberia Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention Inc. and Pastoral Advisory Board of Columbus State Community College. Ernst and his wife, Marva, have five grown children and are parents to other foster and spiritual children.