Reproduced from The Writings of S.A. Paine by Banner of Love Press. Unity in the house of God is one of the most adorning graces with which she can possibly be clothed. With this powerful virtue abounding, she towers in glory above every earthly pinnacle; emits her full light in brilliant rays as a warmth…

By Vaughn Winslett Song of Solomon chapter 2 vs 4, “He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love.” As blessed as we are by the grace of God, being enabled to see Jesus Christ we should be overwhelmed by God’s love for His own. Scripture through the Holy Spirit,…

By Wayne Crocker Many denominations practice open communions of one form or another. Some make communion available to any and all who wish to participate. Others place some restrictions, but still allow those of other denominations to join with them in the service. Primitive Baptists are sometimes criticized for our practice of closed communion. We…

By Eddy Flick For my own profit I have gathered these scriptures. It may not be a complete so if you know of any other NT churches in the scriptures please let me know. But to the question at hand: We all have seen in our lifetimes the demise of churches. It is sad, and…

By Sylvester Hassell MADISONVILLE, TEXAS, July 8, 1897 DEAR BRO. HASSELL: After in such agitation of the associational question here, the following agreement was reached at our last meeting, Elders Dubose, Taylor and White being present: That, doing away within the Ebenezer Association, we re-adopt the following declaration of its preamble of principles as the…

By David Pyles Via www.PB.org There are various views in the denominational world concerning what is proper participation in a communion service. Some believe it should consist only of members of the local church. This view seems overly restrictive to me, but I recognize the right of any church to have such a policy and…

By David PylesVia www.PB.org Some potential converts to the Primitive Baptists have difficulty understanding their policy of rebaptizing all who come to them from other orders. This ancient practice of Primitive Baptists has many points in its defense. I attempt to present some of them in what follows, and wish particularly to address the most…

I have noticed a troubling movement among Fullerite Calvinists to redefine Hyper-Calvinism as being any viewpoint which rejects their view on the atonement* and duty faith (including many traditional 5-point Calvinists and other Predestinarians). Thus, a common attack against Primitive Baptists in recent years has been that we are Hyper-Calvinists. Many mainstream Fullerite Calvinists have made…

By Joshua Winslett When people first glance at our worship service they will notice that we have family integrated worship. That is to mean that all ages, from newborn to retiree, worship in a non-segregated fashion. To me, this is a very intimate family activity. Nonetheless, we have to ask ourselves; why do we practice…