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Not at all! The first Christians to be called Baptists emerged at the Reformation in 1521, so they were among the first Protestants. Baptists evolved as a separate denomination in Britain over many years. The earliest known English congregation to use the name Baptist dates back to the 1620s. Wallingford Baptist Church was built in 1794.
