The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc., is committed to the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the exalted Lord of all things. We believe His view of Holy Scripture determines the view of all those who profess Him as Saviour and Lord. Hence, our organization believes the Bible is the verbally inspired, inerrant and authoritative Word of God, the final rule of all Christian faith and practice. Even though we don’t recognize any creed or confession of faith as a final authority, our organization does distribute the Baptist Confessions of Faith of 1644 and 1677 (i.e., the 1st and 2nd London Confessions of Faith) as summarized statements of our basic doctrinal and practical beliefs.

The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc., predominantly publishes material that focuses upon the identity, history and theology of the evangelical Baptist churches. Even though we also publish material not written by or about Baptists, we are primarily dedicated to republishing and preserving the works of Baptist authors which explain Baptist Beliefs and record Baptist Church History. This includes the writings of English and American Baptists, General and Particular Baptists, Northern and Southern Baptists, New School and Old School or Primitive Baptists. Consequently, we produce a series of books that set forth the primary Doctrines of the Baptist Faith and a series of books that expounds and defends the particular Baptist Distinctives.

While we publish a series of books dealing with the History of Baptist churches and Baptist principles, we also produce a series that details and records the history and theology of Dissent & Nonconformity since the time of the Apostles. This series includes books dealing with the Waldensians and the Anabaptists. The material in this series spans the pre-Reformation and post-Reformation eras leading up to and through the time of the Puritans, Separatists, Congregationalists and Pilgrims, showing the relationship of these various groups to the early English Baptists.

* The Baptist Distinctives Series - Available Now!

The discussions and debates to define, explain and vindicate Baptist distinctives have a long history. In today’s environment, many are honestly trying to understand these distinctives with Biblical and historical accuracy. On the other hand, some among today’s professing Baptists have an agenda to revise Baptist distinctives and redefine what it means to be a Baptist. Still others don’t understand why these issues even matter or why they are such a flash point for controversy. In an effort to provide better resources for the study of Baptist distinctives, we have just released a 50 volume set of books entitled, The Baptist Distinctives Series. The books in this series are from the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The reproduction of these books will allow Baptists from the past to once again state, explain and defend the primary Baptist distinctives as they understood them. All of the books in this series are republished complete and unabridged. They are available in a 6" x 9" hardback and paperback format. They may be purchased individually or as a set. It is hoped that The Baptist Distinctives Series will provide a more accurate Biblical and historical perspective on what it specifically means to be a Baptist.

For example, Baptists rejoice to hold in common with other evangelicals the main principles of the orthodox Christian faith. However, there are points of difference between the Baptists and other professing Christians and these differences are of vital importance. In fact, these differences are radical, growing out of God’s revealed will. Hence, the barriers of separation between Baptists and others cannot be considered trivial. To suppose that Baptists are kept apart solely by their views on Baptism or the Lords’ Supper is a grevious misapprehension. Baptists hold views which distinguish them from Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, Lutherans, Methodists, Pentecostals and Catholics and the differences are so great as not only to justify, but to demand, the separate denominational existence of Baptists.

ON BAPTIST IDENTITY

C. H. Spurgeon wrote, "If I thought it were wrong to be a Baptist, I should give it up, and become what I believed to be right." C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1897). Volume 1, Page 154. Again he said, "We are Baptists, and we cannot swerve from this matter of discipline." Autobiography Volume 2, Page 328. On another occasion he wrote, "We are Calvinistic Baptists, and have no desire to sail under false colors, neither are we ashamed of our principles; if we were, we would renounce them tomorrow." The Metropolitan Tabernacle: Its History and Work. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1876). Page 4.

John Gill said, "I am a Baptist, and he may call me, if he pleases, a new one, or an old Calvinistic one, or an Antinomian one; it is a very trifle to me." An Answer to the Birmingham Dialogue-Writer &c. - Part 1. (London: Aaron Ward, 1737). Page 134.

Abraham Booth wrote, "Our character is fixed. And be it known to all men, we are Strict Baptists. To this character, as before explained, we subscribe with heart and hand." A Defense of the Baptists &c. (London: E. & C. Dilly, 1778). Page 142.