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

Considering the sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic church and the Southern Baptists, I find it strange that so many Christians are concerned about Freemasons and Shriners and "the Illuminati" molesting their children.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2023

Some 13.3 million Americans claim affiliation with the Southern Baptists, but the group lost more than 450,000 members last year.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2023

Since most everyone went to church every week, that meant the Methodists attended the Baptist church and the Baptists attended the Methodist church on the weeks when their pastor wasn’t preaching.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson