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41: 513:, a Baptist minister who visited Sandy Creek the year after Stearns' death, recorded that, "in 17 years, has spread its branches westward as far as the great river Mississippi; southward as far as Georgia; eastward to the sea and Chesopeck Bay; and northward to the waters of the Pottowmack ; it, in 17 years, is become mother, grandmother, and great grandmother to 42 churches, from which sprang 125 ministers." Based on the testimony of those who remembered him, Edwards described Stearns as fervent and charismatic preacher who was capable of inspiring the most powerful emotions in his congregation. 539: 344: 270: 553: 523:
But, Stearns' style of preaching and emphasis on internal conversion were highly important to Southern religion. He became the model for many other preachers who sought to copy his example, down to the least gesture or inflection of voice. Stearns believed that God pours his spirit like water upon a
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to build a new church. This party consisted of eight men and their wives, mostly relatives of Stearns. He pastored at Sandy Creek until his death. From there, Separate Baptists spread in the South. The church quickly grew from 16 members to 606. Church members moved to other areas and started other
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new believer, requiring no special learning or instruction; and this 'outpouring' swiftly became a flood that spread from Sandy Creek throughout all parts of the southern frontier.
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66 ¡ Fall 2006 ¡ pp. 26-31, Tom J. Nettles, "Shubal Stearns and the Separate Baptist Tradition" (see external links), excerpted from Chapter 7 in
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None of Stearns' sermons has survived in writing. His central theme was recounted as discussing the need for followers of Christ to be "
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On November 22, 1755, Stearns and his party moved further south to Sandy Creek, in
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The Roots of Appalachian Christianity: the Life and Legacy of Elder Shubal Stearns
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Contested Boundaries: Itinerancy and the Reshaping of the Colonial American World
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Stearns' church became involved in the controversy over the proper subjects of
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Shubal Stearns and Grassy Creek Baptist Church, NC, by Rev. Robert Devin, 1880
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and sought baptism at the hands of Wait Palmer, Baptist minister of
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Stearns was married to Sarah Johnson, and they had no children.
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The Struggle for Religious Freedom in Virginia: The Baptists
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In 1754, Stearns and some of his followers moved south to
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Baptism at Northolt Park Baptist Church, in Greater London, Baptist Union of Great Britain, 2015.
Christianity
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Baptist beliefs
Confessions
Believers' Church
Priesthood of all believers
Individual soul liberty
Separation of church and state
Sola scriptura
Congregationalism
Ordinances
Offices
Freedom of religion
List of Baptists
John Smyth
Thomas Helwys
Thomas Grantham
Roger Williams
John Clarke
John Bunyan
Shubal Stearns
Andrew Fuller
Charles Spurgeon
James Robinson Graves
William Bullein Johnson

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