BAPTIST WAYS, A HISTORY
EXCERPTS
BY BILL J. LEONARD
PUBLISHED BY JUDSON PRESS
EXCERPTS WITHOUT PERMISSION
The Anabaptist Movement begins in Germany in 1520 under the leadership of Thomas Müntzer.
IN AUTHORITY AND POWER IN THE FREE CHURCH TRADITION, PAUL HARRISON observed, “It is clear that Baptist history is freighted with ambiguity, and those who strive to establish the singularity of a tradition must begin with such an admonition. From their beginnings in seventh century Europe, Baptists have demonstrated beliefs and practices so diverse as to make it difficult to compile a consistent list of distinctives applicable to all segments of the movements at all times.