Views of Baptist Origins

Outline of various views of Baptist origins, presented in a chronologically-oriented format

• Continuation
  
  
  
  1. Continuation of biblical teachings (spiritual succession)
     
  2. Succession of Baptist churches
     
     
     
     1. Church perpetuity
        
     2. Chain-link succession
        
        
        
        1. Church succession (succession of church organizations)
           
        2. Apostolic succession (succession of valid ordinations)
           
        3. Baptismal succession (succession of valid baptisms)

• Restoration
  
  
  
  1. Converging streams/multiple origins
     
  2. Influence of Anabaptists
     
  3. Outgrowth of English Separatism

• Spontaneous origination
  

Tomorrow (d.v.) we will begin to look these categories of Baptist origins.