Baptist movements

branch of Christianity

Baptists who hold to a Calvinist soteriology

Christian denomination

first Davao City General Baptist Church

thumb|400px|Graph from The Trail of Blood, a popular Landmarkist book Landmarkism, sometimes called Baptist bride theology, is a Baptist ecclesiology that emerged in the mid-19th century in the American South. It upholds the perpetuity theory of Baptist origins, which asserts an unbroken continuity and exclusive legitimacy of the Baptist movement since the apostolic period. Landmarkists hold a firm belief in the exclusive validity of Baptist churches and view non-Baptist liturgical forms and practices as invalid. This perspective caused significant controversy and division within the Baptist c