{"id":111067,"date":"2026-09-30T14:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=111067"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:07:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:07:27","slug":"baptist-vs-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/baptist-vs-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptisten vs. Christen: Baptisten sind Christen, eine protestantische Familie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes, Baptists are Christians. Baptist is one family of Protestant churches, as Lutheran and Methodist are. A Baptist church baptizes only people who profess faith in Christ, by immersion, and each congregation governs itself. When people set Baptist beside plain Christian, they usually mean a nondenominational church, and many of those teach much the same. The name Christian is older than every one of these churches. It began in a single city: &quot;in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians&quot;\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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How they differ from nondenominational churches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-111067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3520,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/largest-christian-denominations-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":111067,"position":0},"title":"Largest Christian Denominations in the U.S., Ranked by Membership","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Mai 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The Catholic Church is the largest U.S. denomination, then nondenominational churches and Southern Baptists; 40% of American adults are Protestant.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christian Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Sermon on the Mount, in the style of Picasso","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00343.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00343.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00343.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hf620-img_00343.webp?fit=900%2C663&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11392,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/protestant-vs-evangelical-whats-the-difference\/","url_meta":{"origin":111067,"position":1},"title":"Evangelical vs Protestant: Evangelicals Are One Kind of Protestant","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Oktober 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Evangelicals are Protestants, but not all Protestants are evangelical. 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