Free Will Baptist

Free Will Baptists or Free Baptists are a sub-group of General Baptists that emphasizes the teaching of free salvation and free will. The group can be traced back to 17th century England.

In 1702, Paul Palmer would go on to establish the Free Will Baptists in North Carolina and in 1727 formed the Free Will Baptist Church of Chowan. Many Calvinists became Free Will Baptists in the 19th century. With the establishment of Free Will Baptists in the South, Benjamin Randall developed the movement in the Northeastern United States.

Free Will Baptists, as a sub-group originating from the General Baptist (Arminian) strand of the Baptist tradition, follow the notion of self-governance of local churches, like other Dissenters from the Church of England.

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