List of Baptist confessions

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The following is a list of confessions that have been important to the development of various Baptist churches throughout history.

1600s

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

1700s

1742 The Philadelphia Confession
17?? The Coalheaver's Confession
1757 Carter Lane Declaration of Faith
1758 The Sandy Creek Confession
1770 Articles of Religion of the New Connexion
1792 The Goatyard Declaration of Faith

1800s

1812 Former Articles
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

1900s

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

Statements of Faith by Convention/Association

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