R. LUCAS STAMPS: The Baptists, or baptistic congregationalists, simply carried the logic of congregationalism to its necessary conclusion.
EBC Manifesto, Article XI: Principled Ecumenism
EBC Manifesto, Article IV: Baptist Distinctives
MATTHEW Y. EMERSON AND R. LUCAS STAMPS: We affirm the distinctive contributions of the Baptist tradition as a renewal movement within the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. These distinctives include the necessity of personal conversion, a regenerate church, believers’ baptism, congregational governance, and religious liberty.