Baptists

===Missions crisis===
Early in the 19th century, the rise of the modern [[Christian mission|missions]] movement, and the backlash against it, led to widespread and bitter controversy among the American Baptists.{{Sfn | Christian | 1926 | pp = 404–20}} During this era, the American Baptists were split between missionary and anti-missionary. A substantial secession of Baptists went into the movement led by [[Alexander Campbell (minister)|Alexander Campbell]] to return to a more fundamental church.{{Sfn | Christian | 1926 | pp = 421–36}}