The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Baptists, United

BAPTISTS, United, were so-called after the union of the Regular and Separate Baptists in Kentucky in 1801. They departed somewhat from the strictly Calvinistic principles laid down by other denominations. The latest census gives the United Baptists 196 churches in Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Alabama and Arkansas with a membership of about 13,000. At one time the Association was much stronger than it is now; but the union of many of the United Baptist churches with other Baptist denominations weakened them greatly.