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First Baptist Church of America
The first Baptist church in America was that founded by Roger Williams at Providence in 1639. At first, it was Calvinistic in tone, but being founded in the spirit of Christian liberty and free communion, it not long afterward became virtually what is now known as a Free Baptist church.
Arminian, free communion Baptist churches appeared in North Carolina at an early date. The Original Freewill Baptists of North Carolina claim to trace their origin to the General Baptists of England. Separate Baptists also appeared, and some of them subsequently took the name of Freewill Baptists. The largest of the several "Freewill" Baptist bodies is that which has grown out of the church organized by Benjamin Randall in New Durham, N. H., June 30, 1780. This was formed as a result of Calvinistic intolerance.
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