Nine marks which separate Baptists from Presbyterians


Mark 1: Soul Competency/Priesthood of All Believers/Religious Liberty (not Established Church, Christian Reconstructionism, Theocratic Dominionism, or Theonomy)

Mark 2: Age of Accountability (not Original Sin as Inherited Guilt)

Mark 3: Believer’s Baptism/the Gathered Church (not Infant Baptism)

Mark 4: Baptism by the Mode of Immersion (not Sprinkling or Pouring)

Mark 5: Baptism and Lord’s Supper as Symbolic Ordinances (not as Sacraments)

Mark 6: Congregational Church Polity (not Presbyterian Church Polity)

Mark 7: Local Church Autonomy (not a Hierarchical Denomination)

Mark 8: Two Scriptural Officers -- (Pastor/Bishop/Elder and Deacon (not Three Officers – Pastor/Bishop, Elder, and Deacon)

Mark 9: Decisional Conversion/Gospel Invitations (not Confirmation)


(From What Is A Baptist? Nine Marks that Separate Baptists from Presbyterians, by Steve W. Lemke, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary)