Baptist vs. Assembly of God

DawnS1065 · #11 25th June 2006, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by MoreThanAConqueror8

Hello

I attend a Baptist church and have also recently been attending an Assembly of God church on Sunday nights. I am curious, what are the specific belief differences between the Assembly of God and Baptist denominations? I know one difference is that the Assemblies of God practices speaking in tongues, and Baptists usually do not. What is the reason behind this difference? I've noticed that the worship in the Assembly of God church tends to be more open and expressive, and people tend to move around a lot more (ex. arm waving and swinging, jumping up and down, rocking back and forth, etc.) vs. my Baptist church. There are also frequent times during the Assembly of God worship service where the members will be talking, almost without pause, kind of like praying in a desperate sort of tone, like a plea. I'm curious if this is a common practice and was wondering if someone could explain this specific practice. Do most Assembly of God churches worship like this or is this church unique?

Thanks

My church worships in the same way. I personally love it. I feel a connection to God like I have never felt in any other church. It is much different than Baptists in many ways. AOG churches believe the Holy Spirit is alive and active in our lives and we can be baptized in the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues. I have had that happen, and do still pray in tongues. That may seem weird to someone who is Baptist. Just give it some time, and i think that you will know in your heart if you are in the right place. And pray, and listen for God to tell you.

Dawn

seashale76 · #12 26th June 2006, 04:34 PM

(A former AOG and former Southern Baptist here. I hope it's okay to give my two cents?)

While I'm fairly certain there are baptist groups out there that don't hold to this doctrine, most baptists believe in the eternal security of the believer (Once Saved Always Saved) while the AOG holds to a conditional security view (Arminian). Most people don't consider this to be a major point of contention, but others do. This is one of the issues that I still think the AOG has right.

Here are the 16 Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God: http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/Statement_.../sft_short.cfm

Here is the Baptist Faith and Message as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention: http://www.sbc.net/bfm/

These are concise enough that you can at least compare them.

JasMate · #13 28th June 2006, 03:43 AM

As far as differences it really depends on the church / pastor. You see I have heard of baptist churches that are way more in touch with the spirit than aog or other so called "spirit filled" churches. It really all comes down to the leadership/congrigation and how everything goes down.