tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20166943.post9168432883733862414..comments2024-03-18T15:28:19.721-05:00Comments on Ministry and Music - Seeking the Old Paths: John Smyth's baptismR. L. Vaughnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992710377193518029noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20166943.post-75318231375510267732008-08-20T20:26:00.000-05:002008-08-20T20:26:00.000-05:00John Smyth is hardly a good example to the Baptist...John Smyth is hardly a good example to the Baptist Churches. He was a rebellious and ordained vicar of the Church of England. It was in Holland he formed a "sort of" Baptist group. Pouring was as close as he could come to rejecting infant baptism. His doctrines changed with every whim and fancy. He was closer to Congregational than Baptist and later considered joining the Mennonites.<BR/><BR/>Even the CofE baptized infants by immersion and adults, by request. Most of the older churches have a baptismal tank located under the pulpits or somewhere near the pulpits even to this day.<BR/><BR/>There were Baptist Churches in Wales long before Smyth and the first real Baptist Church in England was established in the Midlands by Welsh missionaries.<BR/><BR/>Someone claiming Smyth needs to read more church history.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com