[haole]

as we were troubled by the “secret rapture” teaching that was so prevalent in our Baptist church, for which we could find no Biblical support. We were surprised to learn that this teaching was less than two hundred years old and that it has never been accepted by the majority of Christian believers.

[fishtank]

Read the book "Pilgrim Church" by E. H. Broadbent to see just a part of the history of independent churches from 500 to 1500 AD in places like the Middle East, Central Asia, China, the Balkans and Europe.