Baptists

===Baptist origins in the United Kingdom===
{{see also|Baptist Union of Great Britain}}
[[File:Title Page A Short Declaration of the Mistery of Iniquity.jpg|thumb|left|upright|''A Short Declaration of the Mistery of Iniquity'' (1612) by Thomas Helwys. For Helwys, religious liberty was a right for everyone, even for those he disagreed with.]]

In 1612 Helwys established a Baptist congregation in London, consisting of congregants from Smyth's church. A number of other Baptist churches sprang up, and they became known as the General Baptists. The Particular Baptists were established when a group of Calvinist Separatists adopted believers' Baptism.{{Sfn | Wright | 2004}}{{Page needed |date=June 2014}} The Particular Baptists consisted of seven churches by 1644 and had created a confession of faith called the First London Confession of Faith.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Southern Baptist Convention: A Sesquicentennial History|last=Fletcher|first=Jesse C.|publisher=Broadman & Holman|year=1994|isbn=978-0805411676|location=Nashville, TN|pages=25}}</ref>