This is one of the more peculiar Christian groups I´ve come across: Primitive Baptists. Their theology is an almost bizarre combination of belief in complete predestination and...Inclusivism?!
In other words: many people who have never heard the Gospel, or belong to other churches than the Primitive Baptists, will nevertheless be saved and go to Heaven, since God predestined them to do so before the creation of world.
From this follows than neither faith nor the gospel are necessary for salvation. *Only* the grace of God through predestination saves. They actually say this explicitly! For this reason, Primitive Baptists usually don´t do missionary work, for what´s the point?
Another unusual trait is the claim that Primitive Baptism has always existed since the time of Jesus, hence this group denies being "Protestants" but intstead claims an unbroken (but hidden?) continuity with the apostles.
In reality, of course, they are very much Protestants!
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