The New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship (NEEBF) was organized in Kennebunk, Maine

Kennebunk, Maine

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 on January 2, 1844¹. In 2001, there were 10 churches located in Maine

Maine

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, and New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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 with a possible membership of 600. The NEEBF holds quarterly sessions. They have thirteen articles of faith, advocating beliefs which include the inspiration of the Bible

Bible

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, the deity of Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

, general atonement, local church autonomy, and premillennialism

Premillennialism

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. G. Richard Mountfort serves as President (2001).

Sources

• Encyclopedia of American Religions, J. Gordon Melton, editor
• For Your Enrichment (a brochure of the NEEBF)
• Profiles in Belief: the Religious Bodies of the United States and Canada, by Arthur Carl Piepkorn

Footnote

1. Profiles in Belief is apparently in error when it says that the New England Evangelical Baptist Fellowship was organized in the 1940s by Congregational-Christian Churches that preferred not to become a part of the United Church of Christ
   United Church of Christ
   The United Church of Christ is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination primarily in the Reformed tradition but also historically influenced by Lutheranism. The Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian Churches united in 1957 to form the UCC...
   
   . Perhaps this group was confused with the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. The Fellowship's brochure gives the 1844 organizational date.