John Clarke (Baptist minister)
John Clarke was a physician, Baptist minister, co-founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, author of its influential charter, and a leading advocate of religious freedom in America.
The Unknown Clergyman (possible portrait of Clarke)
Portsmouth Compact; John Clarke's name is second on the list, just below Coddington's
Governor Endicott said that Clarke and his company deserved death
Clarke was heavily fined, while the defiant Obadiah Holmes was whipped in Boston in 1651
Baptists form a major branch of evangelical Protestantism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency, sola fide, sola scriptura and congregationalist church government. Baptists generally recognize two ordinances: baptism and communion.
A Short Declaration of the Mistery of Iniquity (1612) by Thomas Helwys. For Helwys, religious liberty was a right for everyone, even for those he disagreed with.
The First Baptist Church in America located in Providence, Rhode Island
Baptist Hospital Mutengene (Tiko), member of the Cameroon Baptist Convention
The Finnish-language Baptist Church in Vaasa, Finland
