BAPTIST HISTORY

I. ORIGINS OF LIBERALISM

A. TERMINOLOGY

B. SOURCES AND MANIFESTATIONS OF LIBERALISM

a) German Rationalism

b) Higher Criticism

c) Darwinism

d) Social Gospel

C. IMPACT OF LIBERALISM IN AMERICA

II. ORIGINS OF FUNDAMENTALISM

A. TERMINOLOGY

B. DEFINITIONS

C. BASIC OBSERVATIONS ON FUNDAMENTALISM

D. CHARACTERISTICS OF EARLY LEADERS OF FUNDAMENTALISM

They were Bible students who knew the English Bible and some were at home with original languages. They were thoroughly orthodox on major doctrines and for the most part were moderate Calvinists, intensely evangelistic, premillennial in eschatology, godly and devout, and willing to stand against liberalism. They were creators of Bible institutes, seminaries, mission boards, journals and papers. But they were NOT exclusively Baptist.

E. OUTLINE OF FUNDAMENTALIST HISTORY

BAPTIST HISTORY

INTRODUCTION

NORTHERN PRESBYTERIANS

NORTHERN BAPTISTS FUNDAMENTALIST FELLOWSHIP

BAPTIST BIBLE UNION

William Bell Riley (1861-1947)

T.T. Shields (1873-1955)

J. Frank Norris (1877-1952) – “The Texas Tornado”

REASONS FOR FUNDAMENTALIST DECLINE