Acts 2:42 reveals that the early church devoted itself to four central elements of corporate worship—the apostles’ teaching, fellowship through giving, the Lord’s Supper, and prayers—offered with sincere hearts in spirit and truth.

If God alone determines who he is, should he not also determine how he is worshiped? Scripture offers eleven reasons the church must worship according to what God has revealed rather than our own preferences.

Because the church is a holy people set apart by God and because Scripture is both authoritative and sufficient, the gathered church must regulate its corporate worship according to what God has revealed in his Word rather than human invention.

In both the Old and New Testaments, the Bible shows that God alone defines how he is to be worshiped, and therefore, the church must worship according to his revealed Word rather than human invention.

God has always prescribed how he is to be worshiped and continues to care deeply that his people worship him according to his revealed will rather than human preference.

From the granting of religious liberty onward, Reformed Baptists navigated decline, controversy, and renewal while preserving confessional theology, recommitting to evangelism and missions, and seeking to hold together God’s sovereignty with human responsibility.

American Baptists emerged from persecution, forged a distinct theological identity, and played a decisive role in securing religious liberty for all.

Persecution, political upheaval, and brief seasons of freedom shaped the growth, theological clarity, and confessional identity of the English Baptists.