Baptists

Cultural  

1. A group of Christian communities marked chiefly by insistence on adult baptism by immersion. Baptists regard baptism as a ceremony that accompanies and seals a conscious profession of faith in Jesus; for this reason, they do not baptize infants but wait until candidates have reached their teen or adult years. The Baptists are the largest Protestant denomination in the United States and are particularly insistent on the separation of church and state.

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Example Sentences

Born in Michigan and raised in Glendale by devout Baptists, he became conscious of “the shame and the degradation” of poverty when his father’s business ventures flopped.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

Both are Baptists who talk about faith values.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2024

Even the Southern Baptists were more evolved, as Baylor University had repealed their dancing ban in 1996.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2023

The Osteens were both Southern Baptists, and John Osteen pastored a congregation in Houston at the time.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2023

But like the Southern Baptists and other conservative denominations, the Assemblies gradually dropped their separatist strictures as their membership prospered and spread.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times