Baptist History

There are many conceptions of how the Baptist Movement was started. Some say the Baptist Movement started with John the Baptist, others say that the pamplet, "The Trail of Blood" proposed the beginnings of the Baptist, others agree that the Baptist, come from the Protestant Reformation. I only agree that the movement has always been a distinct group of Bible and Scriptural believing people who have never held any factions with other denominational movements. The Baptist Church however is no longer a distinct group, being many factional groups, in differences of doctrinal and scriptural positions. We now have Independent, Independent Fundamentalists, Southern Baptists, American Baptists, Freewill Baptists, and the list is growing. In the all of these there are subordinate groups who cannot agree on vital issues of Scripture. In upcoming blogs I will continue in my studies and I would encourage you to do the same on why you are, or why you consider yourself Baptist. If your answers are any of the following then again take this as an encouragement to understand being Baptist.
Answers:

"It is the place I have always attended"
"My parents were/are Baptist"
"It is the closest church to where I live"
"I like the Pastor"
"The programs of the church are family friendly"
and "I don't know"

These are not reasons to be Baptist, these are reasons you go to the church. More churches need to be explaining the history of their origins and explaining the gospel correctly, not giving man's personal opinion, rather backing everything with Scripture for as Paul wrote to Timothy,
"2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness..."