The Subject “Baptists (Protestants), Ethics and Business” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:
The Baptist Church was created in 1609 by John Smyth (Netherlands); is a branch of the Evangelical Protestantism (Christianity), although some Baptists claim not to be Protestant
Its headquarters are in the United States;
The main doctrine of Baptist, that distinguishes it from other branches, is that they believe that
baptism can only be received by adults (according to the New Testament), and not by children; baptism is by water immersion;
Other principles of the Baptist Churches are the freedom of soul; the salvation is only possible by faith (right actions derived from this), and the autonomy of the local congregation;
Baptists recognise two ministerial offices:
pastors and deacons;
Baptists have always sought absolute freedom of religion as well as they have been one of the groups that have most enhanced the separation between Church and State;
There are around 100 million Baptists around the world, with 33 million in the United States, 2.4 in India, 2.5 in Nigeria, and 1.9 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1.7 million in Brazil, and 1 million in Myanmar.
S. Truett Cathy (Baptist Businessman and Philanthropist):
Baptist Businesspeople:
S. Truett Cathy, multi-millionaire founder of Chick-fil-A;
Lindner, Carl, former owner of the Cincinnati Reds;
Rockefeller, John D, petrol tycoon;
Harold Clark Simmons (1931) Businessman and multi-millionaire. Harold Simmons gives 50 million dollars to the charity.
Baptists Politics:
Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter (Nobel Prize), Bill Clinton, Warren Harding, Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, and Harry Truman
Yukio Hatoyama (60º Prime Minister of Japan).
Artists: Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, Miley Cyrus, Aretha Franklin, Ava
Gardner, Whitney Houston, Eddie Murphy, Brad Pitt, and Tina Turner (later converted to Buddhism).