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Cavanaugh Free Will Baptist Church
2825 Grinnell Ave.
Fort Smith, AR 72908
(501)646-2806
(501)646-0717 fax
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Free Will Baptist Denominational History
Before Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride shouting, "The British are coming, the British are coming," Free Will Baptists were proclaiming the truth that "Jesus is coming." Even before John Hancock penned his famous signature to the Declaration of Independence, Free Will Baptists were preaching that Jesus came to set men free. Free Will Baptists contributed to the rich spiritual heritage of America even before her birth as a nation. From this fertile Biblical heritage have grown the faith and convictions that thrust Free Will Baptists into the field to win persons to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Free Will Baptist roots can be traced to England as early as 1611. The first Free Will Baptist church in America was begun by Paul Palmer in 1727 in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Some years later, in 1780, under the leadership of Benjamin Randall, Free Will Baptists were established in the Northeast at New Durham, New Hampshire. From these early beginnings, Free Will Baptists in America have had a continuing ministry.
Today, the National Association of Free Will Baptists is active in forty states, ten foreign countries, and a number of the islands of the sea. The work of the National Association of Free Will Baptists is promoted from the National Offices and the Sunday School and Church Training Department located in Nashville, Tennessee.
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