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| Paint Rock , Alabama Seventh Day Baptist Church |
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| A Baptist Church Thats A Little Bit Different |
| Our Heritage |
| As Seventh Day Baptists, we recognize no individual person as the founder of our denomination. The real connection between us and the earlier Christians is a spiritual one. When Jesus Christ said, "Go ye therefore and teach all nations..." (Matthew 28:19-20), His disciples scattered in all directions. We do not know exactly where they all went. We do know that the effect of their going is evidenced from Africa to Sweden, from the British Isles to China. Churches were established, but persecutions without and within the Churches kept the people scattered. Some would trace our history through these scattered independent groups, such as the Waldenses, others might add the Anabaptists, Lollards and Puritans; however, there is no single definite linage prior to 1600 A.D. We would join hands with all those who have gone before who were devoted disciples of Jesus Christ. Our heritage is in God, who planned the creation, which was carried out under His guidance and reached high fulfillment in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. With no human founder, we are free to go directly to the Bible and Jesus Christ for our needs, including a deeper understanding and closer relationship to God. |