Editing General Baptists (section)

{{Short description|Arminian stream of the Baptist denomination}}
{{Baptist}}
'''General Baptists''', also called '''Arminian Baptists''', are [[Baptists]] that hold to the doctrine of [[unlimited atonement|general atonement]] (the belief that [[Jesus Christ]] [[Crucifixion of Jesus|died]] for all humanity and not only for the [[Election (Christianity)|elect]]). General Baptists soteriology initially was not [[Arminian]], but over time they embraced more distinctive Arminian doctrines, until completely adopting the [[Five Articles of Remonstrance|Five Points of Arminianism]], while still maintaining strong [[Five Points of Calvinism|Calvinistic]] language and other [[Reformed Christianity|Reformed]] doctrines.

General Baptists have produced two major [[confessions of faith]]: The ''Standard Confession'' (1660), and the ''Orthodox Creed'' (1679).<ref name="ChuteFinnHaykin2015">{{cite book |last1=Chute |first1=Anthony L. |last2=Finn |first2=Nathan A. |last3=Haykin |first3=Michael A. G. |title=The Baptist Story: From English Sect to Global Movement |date=2015 |publisher=B&H Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-4336-8316-9 |language=en}}</ref> [[Thomas Grantham (Baptist)|Thomas Grantham]] was the main theological figure for these Baptists in the XVII century.