Niagara Bible Conference
The Niagara Bible Conference (officially called the "Believers' Meeting for Bible Study") was held annually from 1875 to 1897, with the exception of 1884.
History
The Conference was founded as the Believers' Meeting for Bible Study in 1875 by evangelical pastors in the United States. Brookes publicized the meeting through his magazine Truth, and devoted substantial space to summaries of the speeches.
Most of the speakers were
In 1878, 14 fundamental creeds were established by evangelical pastors.[4][5] The Niagara Creed does not explicitly affirm dispensationalism, but it refers to several key dispensationalist beliefs, including the reality of the millennium, the restoration of Israel, and the distinction between the judgment of the saved and the damned.
Starting in 1883, it was held in
References
- ^ David S. New, Christian Fundamentalism in America: A Cultural History, McFarland, USA, 2014, p. 113
- ^ Brenda Brasher, Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism: Volume 3 of Religion & Society, Berkshire Publishing Group, USA, 2001, p. 56-57
- ^ Donald W. Dayton, The Variety of American Evangelicalism, Univ. of Tennessee Press, USA, 2001, p. 11
- ^ Gary J. Dorrien, The Remaking of Evangelical Theology, Westminster John Knox Press, USA, 1998, p. 15
- ISBN 978-977-416-499-6.
- ^ David S. New, Christian Fundamentalism in America: A Cultural History, McFarland, USA, 2014, p. 113
- ^ Frances FitzGerald, The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, Simon and Schuster, USA, 2017, p. 82
Further reading
- In Pursuit of Purity: American Fundamentalism Since 1850, by David O. Beale, BJU Press, 1986 ISBN 0-89084-351-1