What do Baptist believe in?

Answer 1

It's a difficult question to answer, because there are many different sects within the Baptist religion, and they don't all believe the exact same thing.

But, very generally speaking, Baptists believe that Jesus was the son of God, and that trusting in Jesus is the only way to get to heaven.

Answer 2

The SBC link to the Baptist Faith and Message gives what most Baptist believe, but first and foremost, Baptist believe that Jesus was the Son of God and that through His death on the cross, He paid the price for all people's sins. However, the only way to partake of that salvation and payment and become redeemed of all sin is to ask Jesus for it. But in so doing, one must be honest and truly feel conviction for their sins, resolving to live the rest of their life for God in the best of their abilities.

Baptists believe that in the beginning, humans were unseparated from God, but that sin brought about separation from His grace and mercy. Jesus restored that through his sacrificial death on the cross. Baptist do not believe in Purgatory, it is not a Biblical place. Hades was, but is not the same concept. It was a place mainly for the souls of people who were righteous, but died before Jesus did. Baptist are different from Catholics for that reason, also, because Baptist do not necessarily confess their sins to a priest so he can pray to God for that person's forgiveness or something. Jesus established the connection between God and His followers, so we can pray directly to God without a high priest or a burnt offering or the other stuff they needed in the Old Testament times before Jesus.

Baptist believe that the Holy Bible was inspired by the Holy Spirit (a facet of God but not separate) and that it is for our instruction for life and for the strengthening of our faith. In essence, it was passed from God to man to paper by divine revelation.
Baptists, like other Christian denominations, believe in the Trinity - that God is three persons in one (the father, son, and holy spirit). They believe that if a person prays to God asking forgiveness to their sins and admits that they are a sinner, they will go to heaven (unless they rebel from God). They believe there are only two options for the afterlife: heaven and hell. Baptists believe in being baptized, in which a person is held by a preacher and lowerd into a body of water and brought up. This symbolizes Christ's death and resurrection. Baptists do not believe that this makes you a Christian, but it does profess your beliefs to the church.