List of Baptist Confessions

1600s

  • 1644 First London Baptist Confession - revised in 1646
  • 1651 The Faith and Practice of Thirty Congregations
  • 1654 The True Gospel-Faith Declared According to the Scriptures
  • 1656 The Somerset Confession of Faith
  • 1655 Midland Confession of Faith
  • 1660 The Standard Confession
  • 1678 The Orthodox Creed
  • 1689 Second London Baptist Confession - originally written in 1677
  • 1691 A Short Confession or a Brief Narrative of Faith

1700s

  • 1742 The Philadelphia Confession
  • 1745 The Coalheaver's Confession
  • 1757 Carter Lane Declaration of Faith
  • 1758 The Sandy Creek Confession
  • 1770 Articles of Religion of the New Connexion
  • 1792 The Goatyard Declaration of Faith

1800s

1900s

  • 1923 Articles of Faith Put Forth by the Baptist Union of America
  • 1925 Baptist Faith and Message - revised in 1963, 1998 and 2000
  • 1998 Cambridge Declaration

Statements of Faith by Convention/Association

Other Resources

Reformed Reader - Historic Baptist Documents