Baptists are individuals who comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and that it must be done by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling). Other tenets of Baptist churches include soul competency (liberty), salvation through faith alone, Scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice, and the autonomy of the local congregation. Baptists recognize two ministerial offices, elders and deacons. Baptist churches are widely considered to be Protestant churches, though some Baptists disavow this identity.

Historians trace the earliest church labeled "Baptist" back to 1609 in Amsterdam, with English Separatist John Smyth as its pastor. In accordance with his reading of the New Testament, he rejected baptism of infants and instituted baptism only of believing adults. Baptist practice spread to England, where the General Baptists considered Christ's atonement to extend to all people, while the Particular Baptists believed that it extended only to the elect. In 1638, Roger Williams established the first Baptist congregation in the North American colonies. In the mid-18th century, the First Great Awakening increased Baptist growth in both New England and the South. The Second Great Awakening in the South in the early 19th century increased church membership, as did the preachers' lessening of support for abolition and manumission of slavery, which had been part of the 18th-century teachings. Baptist missionaries have spread their church to every continent.

Answer the following questions:
1. When was the earliest church labeled baptist traced back to?
2. Where was it?
3. Who was its pastor?
4. Who was he?
5. When was the First Great Awakening?
6. Who established the first Baptist congregation in North America?
7. Was that in 1738?
8. What year was it in?
9. When was the Second Great Awakening?
10. Was it in the North?
11. What did the preacher's lessening of support for slavery do?
12. How many ministerial offices to Baptists recognize?
13. What are they?
14. What kind of churches are Baptist churches widely considered?
15. Did John Smyth want to baptize infants?
16. Which kind of Baptists considered Christ's atonement to extend to all?
17. What kind thought it only extended to a few?

Numbered answers:
1. 1609
2. Amsterdam
3. John Smyth
4. English Separatist
5. mid-18th century
6. Roger Williams
7. No
8. In 1638
9. early 19th century
10. No
11. increased church membership
12. two
13. elders and deacons
14. Protestant churches
15. No
16. General Baptists
17. Particular Baptists