Baptists

==Worship==
[[File: Auto de Páscoa - IgrejaDaCidade (crop).jpg |thumb|right| Show on the life of Jesus at [[Igreja da Cidade]] in [[São José dos Campos]], affiliated to the [[Brazilian Baptist Convention]], 2017]]
[[File:Chumukedima Ao Baptist Church.jpg|thumb|Chümoukedima Ao Baptist Church building in [[Chümoukedima]], affiliated with the [[Nagaland Baptist Church Council]] (India)]]
In Baptist churches, [[Church service|worship service]] is part of the life of the [[Christian Church|church]] and includes [[praise]], [[worship]], of [[Christian prayer|prayers]] to [[God]], a [[sermon]] based on the [[Bible]], [[Offering (Christianity)|offering]], and periodically the Lord's Supper.<ref>Geoffrey Wainwright, ''[[The Oxford History of Christian Worship]]'', Oxford University Press, US, 2006, p. 560</ref><ref>William H. Brackney, ''Historical Dictionary of the Baptists'', Scarecrow Press, US, 2009, p. 625</ref> Some churches have services with traditional [[Christian music]], others with [[contemporary Christian music]], and some offer both in separate services. <ref> David W. Music, Paul Akers Richardson, ''"I Will Sing the Wondrous Story": A History of Baptist Hymnody in North America'', Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 479-480</ref> In many churches, there are services adapted for children, even teenagers.<ref>John H. Y. Briggs, ''A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, US, 2009, p. 81</ref> Prayer meetings are also held during the week.<ref>John H. Y. Briggs, ''A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, US, 2009, p. 399</ref>

The architecture is general sober, and the [[Latin cross]] is one of the only spiritual symbols that can usually be seen on the building of a Baptist church and that identifies the place where it belongs.<ref>William H. Brackney, ''Historical Dictionary of the Baptists'', Scarecrow Press, US, 2020, p. 35</ref>