In 1833,

Baptists Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul com ...

in the United States agreed upon a

confession of faith A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) in a form which is structured by subjects which summarize its core tenets. The ea ...

around which they could organize a missionary society under the

Triennial Convention The Triennial Convention (so-called because it met every three years) was the first national Baptist denomination in the United States. Officially named the General Missionary Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States of America ...

. The New Hampshire Confession of Faith was drawn up by the Rev.

John Newton Brown John Newton Brown (June 29, 1803 – May 14, 1868) was an influential Baptist teacher, minister and publisher in the 19th century. He was born in New London, Connecticut, and attended Madison College (now known as Colgate University) where he gradu ...

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

, and was adopted by the New Hampshire Baptist Convention. It was widely accepted by

, especially in the Northern and Western States, as a clear and concise statement of their faith. They considered it in harmony with, but in a milder form than, the doctrines of older confessions which expressed the

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Baptist beliefs that existed at the time. The Confession was later adopted as the articles of faith for the seminary that is now known as

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a Baptist theological institute in Fort Worth, Texas. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. It was established in 1908 and is one of the largest seminaries in the world. It ...

of Fort Worth, TX. B.H. Carroll and Calvin Goodspeed from the seminary delivered a series of lectures on the Confession sometime between 1905 and 1909. Their papers have been published as "A Commentary on the New Hampshire Confession of Faith.""A Commentary on the New Hampshire Confession of Faith," ''Foundations of our Faith'' 51.2:129-133.

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Brown, John Newton. Quoted in J. M. Pendleton, D.D. ''Church Manual Designed for the Use of Baptist Churches.'' Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1867.

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