{"id":3135,"date":"2024-05-24T01:05:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T01:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/baptist-presbyterian-comparison\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:36:05","slug":"baptist-presbyterian-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/baptist-presbyterian-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Presbyterianer vs. Baptisten: S\u00e4uglingstaufe, \u00c4lteste und Gemeinden im Vergleich"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Presbyterians and Baptists are Protestants who share most of their beliefs, and many on both sides are Calvinists. Where they part is baptism and church government. Presbyterians baptize believers and their infant children, usually by pouring or sprinkling, and are governed by elders in connected courts. Baptists baptize only people who profess faith, by immersion, and each congregation governs itself. The Baptists of the 1689 London Confession did not start from a blank sheet. They took the Presbyterians&#039; Westminster Confession\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? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presbyterians baptize infants and are governed by elders in connected courts. Baptists baptize only believers, by immersion, and each church governs itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-3135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-history","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112315,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/where-did-noahs-ark-land\/","url_meta":{"origin":3135,"position":0},"title":"Where Did Noah&#8217;s Ark Land? 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