Baptists, Ethics and Business (Protestantism)

1. Introduction to the Baptist Church
2. Doctrine of Baptists
3. Baptist Ethics and Business
4. Baptists in the World
5. Martin Luther King (Afro-American Baptist Leader of Non-Violence)
6. S. Truett Cathy (Baptist Businesspeople)

The Subject “Baptists (Protestants), Ethics and Business” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: Ethics, Religion & Business, African Business.

Masters: Religions & Business, International Business.

Languages: (or Bautistas Baptistes).

Baptists (Ethics and Business)

The Baptist Church was founded in 1609 by John Smyth (Netherlands); is a branch of Evangelical Protestantism (Christianity), although some Baptists claim not to be Protestant

1. Its headquarters are in the United States
2. 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
3. Other principles of Baptist Churches are freedom of soul; salvation is only possible by faith (right actions derived from this), and autonomy of local congregation
4. Baptists recognise two ministerial offices: pastors and deacons
5. 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

Sample - S. Truett Cathy (Baptist Businessman and Philanthropist):

1. Yoga of the Threefold Faith of the Bhagavad Gita
2. Faith-based Marketing

Baptist Businesspeople:

1. S. Truett Cathy, multi-millionaire founder of Chick-fil-A
2. Lindner, Carl, former owner of the Cincinnati Reds
3. Rockefeller, John D, petrol tycoon
4. Harold Clark Simmons (1931) Businessman and multi-millionaire. Harold Simmons gives 50 million dollars to 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).

Ahimsa (Non-Violence)