Philadelphia Baptist Association - Timeline Event
Time Period
07-01-1707
Description
In 1707, Welsh Baptist immigrants to Pennsylvania formed the Philadelphia Baptist Association (PBA), the first permanent Baptist denomination in America. Churches in the area had been holding annual meetings for several years prior, but 1707 marked the association's formal organization in order "to consult about such things as were wanting in the churches, and to set them in order."
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Religious Groups
Baptist Family: Other ARDA LinksBaptist Family: Religious Family Tree
Photographs
First Baptist Church, Philadelphia- Internet Archive- from Early Baptists of Philadelphia by David Spencer
Philadelphia Baptist Association, three of the founding churches- photos from Internet Archive
Baptist Confession of Faith, title page- Internet Archive
Web Source(s)
https://web.archive.org/web/20150918170231/http://dbts.edu/journals/2007/Priest2007.pdfGerald Priest's article provides a useful overview of the formation of the PBA. (Link updated [7.26.2023] to archived copy, original is no longer online.)
Web Page Contributor
Paul MatzkoAffliated with: Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. in History
