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Baptists were founded by John Smyth who was a former Anglican cleric who re-baptized himself because he didn't believe in infant Baptism. They are influenced by Calvinist theology. Anabaptists include Mennonites, Amish, Hutterites etc. They separated from the Roman Catholic Church. The Amish separated from the Mennonites etc.
Most early Anabaptists also didn't insist on immersion, they practiced effusion (pouring) usually. Baptists insist on immersion.
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