The New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship ''(NEEBF)'' was organized in
Kennebunk, Maine
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on January 2, 1844
¹. In 2001, there were 10 churches located in
Maine
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,
, and
New Hampshire
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with a possible membership of 600. The NEEBF holds quarterly sessions. They have thirteen articles of faith, advocating beliefs which include the inspiration of the
Bible
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, the deity of
Jesus
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
, general atonement, local church autonomy, and
premillennialism
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. G. Richard Mountfort serves as President (2001).
Sources
*''Encyclopedia of American Religions'', J. Gordon Melton, editor
*''For Your Enrichment'' (a brochure of the NEEBF)
*''Profiles in Belief: the Religious Bodies of the United States and Canada'', by Arthur Carl Piepkorn
Footnotes
# ''Profiles in Belief'' is apparently in error when it says that the ''New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship'' was organized in the 1940s by Congregational-Christian Churches that preferred not to become a part of the
United Church of Christ
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. Perhaps this group was confused with the ''National Association of Congregational Christian Churches''. The Fellowship's brochure gives the 1844 organizational date.
Baptist denominations in North America
Religious organizations established in 1844
Evangelical denominations in North America
1844 establishments in the United States
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