History of Early Baptists in America, Week What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies 06 Contribute?
What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Today’s Questions: 1. Who were these people? 2. What entities did they establish? 3. How did they impact future Baptists? 4. How did they impact America? 5. What difference does this make for me this week?
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
I. Pioneers in Church Planting II. Pioneers in Christian Education III. Pioneers in Church Associations
The Baptists in the Middle Colonies placed a huge emphasis on unity and discipleship.
The Other Liberty: The History of Early Baptists in America
What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Pennepack Baptist Church Founded in 1688 by Welsh Baptists with Elias Keach as pastor, it was Pennsylvania’s first Baptist church. Keach chose the location because of the religious freedom offered by William Penn.
Pennsylvania
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Pennepack Baptist Church Pennepack branched out to plant other churches near Philadelphia. Those churches each became independent bodies, and together they formed the Philadelphia Association.
Pennsylvania
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Pennepack Baptist Church From the Eaton family at Pennepack Baptist came a man named Isaac Eaton, the first pastor at Hopewell Baptist Church in Hopewell, New Jersey, about 30 miles away.
Pennsylvania
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Hopewell Baptist Church The Hopewell Baptist Meeting was organized in 1715. In 1748, this group of people officially organized themselves as a church with Isaac Eaton as their pastor.
Pennsylvania New Jersey
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Hopewell Baptist Church The land on which the Hopewell Baptist meeting house was built was donated by a man named John Hart, and today he is buried next to the meeting house (which is no longer in use).
Pennsylvania New Jersey
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Hopewell Baptist Church John Hart was not a member of the church, but he donated the land and his family also lived on the property nearby. Several other Revolutionary War soldiers are buried in the church cemetery.
Pennsylvania New Jersey
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Hopewell Baptist Academy Isaac Eaton also founded Hopewell Academy, originally as a Latin grammar school. They first met in the parsonage down the street before moving to the red brick meeting house.
Pennsylvania New Jersey
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
John Gano John Gano was born and raised in Hopewell, NJ. He joined Hopewell Baptist Church, and the church ordained him as a minister. Isaac Eaton gave the sermon at his ordination.
Pennsylvania New Jersey New York
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
First Baptist Church, New York City Organized in 1762 with John Gano as the first pastor. Gano served in the Continental Army as a chaplain during the Revolutionary War. Upon returning to his church after the war, Gano found only 37 members. They restored the church building and grew the congregation back to 200 people
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
John Gano and First Baptist, New York City Gano transitioned to Kentucky when Congress offered free land to soldiers from the War. There he established several more churches. He also helped with the founding of Brown University in Providence, the seventh-oldest university in America and the first Baptist college.
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Pennepack Baptist Church Elias Keach founded Pennepack, but he had ulterior motives. His father, Benjamin Keach, was a famous preacher in England. When he saw that the people of Pennepack needed a pastor, he used the church as an opportunity to further his own name. Although he was eventually saved, he did not spend much time with the church; but God used the church in significant ways.
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
Pennepack Baptist Church
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
What Difference Does This Make for Me This Week? 1. Take what you have learned and teach it to others; make disciples who make disciples.
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
“And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also..” -2 Timothy 2:2
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
What Difference Does This Make for Me This Week? 1. Take what you have learned and teach it to others; make disciples who make disciples. 2. Seek unity among believers, especially in your local body of Christ.
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
“Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel…” -Philippians 1:27
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What Did Baptists in the Middle Colonies Contribute?
What Difference Does This Make for Me This Week? 1. Take what you have learned and teach it to others; make disciples who make disciples. 2. Seek unity among believers, especially in your local body of Christ. 3. Look for ways to form new connections and fellowship with other believers.
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