Early Doctrine

Please note: These historical documents may or may not represent the current position of Free Will Baptists on any given issue.

A Treatise on the Faith of the Freewill Baptists, 1834
(first edition)

The Manual: The Scriptural Doctrine of the Trinity, Investigated and Defended
By M. W. Alford

Christian Baptism: The Duty, the Act, and the Subjects
By George Harvey Ball  

Natural and Revealed Theology
By John J. Butler

Commentary on the New Testament: Critical andPractical
By John J. Butler

Persuasives to Early Piety: Interspersed With Suitable Prayers
By John Gregory Pike  

The Church Member's Book
Or, Admonitions and Instructions for All Classes of Christians
Published by the Freewill Baptist Connection

Doctrine and Life. Sermons by Freewill Baptist Ministers
These sermons are presented as a partial embodiment of the culture, faith and piety of the religious body to which the contributors belong. The volume is published with the hope that it may find a welcome place in the literature of the first hundred years of the Free Baptist denomination, that it may quicken the minds and the hearts of the ministry, aid in promoting household piety, and, also, that in the absence of the living preacher, it may help to supply his place in the hour of public worship. (From the Preface)

A Scriptural Catechism
Designed to Assist Young Persons in Obtaining a Knowledge of God and His Requirement
Published by David Marks for the Freewill Baptist Connection

The Free Communionist
Unrestricted Communion of the Lord's Supper With All True Believers
By M. W. Alford, John Butler, Enoch Mack, David Marks  

The Scriptural Doctrine of the Trinity, Investigated and Defended
By M. W. Alford