Baptist vs. Presbyterian — What's the Difference?

A member of an evangelical Protestant church of congregational polity, following the Reformed tradition in worship and believing in freedom of conscience, separation of church and state, and baptism only of voluntary, conscious believers.

Of or relating to ecclesiastical government by presbyters.

Baptist One that baptizes.

Presbyterian Of or relating to a Presbyterian Church.

A person who baptizes.

A member or an adherent of a Presbyterian Church.

One who administers baptism; - specifically applied to John, the forerunner of Christ.

Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.

One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist.

Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed.

Follower of Baptistic doctrines

One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church.

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baptist church;

A follower of Calvinism as taught in the Presbyterian Church