Editing General Baptists (section)

== In America ==

In 1825, opponents of General Baptists in [[North Carolina]] dubbed them as "Freewillers" for their Arminian belief. Then, these Baptists assumed the name [[Free Will Baptists]].<ref name="Brackney2009">{{cite book|last=Brackney|first=William H.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Baptists|date=13 April 2009|publisher=Scarecrow Press|language=en|isbn=9780810862821|page=245}}</ref><ref name="Garrett2009">{{cite book|last=Garrett|first=James Leo|title=Baptist Theology: A Four-century Study|year=2009|publisher=Mercer University Press|language=en|isbn=9780881461299|page=119}}</ref><ref name="Jonas2008">{{cite book|last=Jonas|first=W. Glenn |title=The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition|year=2008|publisher=Mercer University Press|language=en|isbn=9780881461206|page=151|quote=General Baptists in North Carolina (the Palmer/Parker heritage) were often called "free willers" by their Regular (Reformed) Baptist neighbors. The name was becoming popular by the beginning of the nineteenth century, and in 1828 the group there adopted the name "Free Will Baptists." The reference, of course, was to the doctrine of General Atonement taught by the General Baptists.}}</ref>

Arminian Baptists who accepted the existence of a [[second work of grace]] during the [[Holiness movement]] established associations such as the [[Ohio Valley Association of the Christian Baptist Churches of God]] and [[Holiness Baptist Association]].<ref name="Lewis2002">{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=James R. |title=The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions |date=2002 |publisher=Prometheus Books |isbn=9781615927388 |language=en}}</ref>