About Baptists - a reference

sablehalloway · #21 8th June 2009, 11:04 PM

interesting

LiturgyInDMinor · #22 8th June 2009, 11:10 PM

why is it interesting?

Looking Beyond · #23 18th November 2009, 02:37 PM

The main 3 I know about would be,

Free Will Baptist,
Primitive Baptist,
Missionary Baptist
I am a Missionary Baptist

PrincetonGuy · #24 19th November 2009, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by sheina

Historic Baptisit Distinctives

Bible--the sole authority for faith and practice
Autonomy or independenc of the local church
Priesthood of all believers
Two offices
Pastor
Deacon
Individual soul liberty and responsibility
Separation of Church and State
Two ordinances
Believer's Baptism by Immersion
Lord's Supper
Saved, baptized, and serving members

For more information on Baptists:

http://http://www.fbinstitute.com/mo...ptistdist.html

I do not believe that the majority of Baptists today would agree with the first distinctive on your list, “Bible--the sole authority for faith and practice” Indeed, even the largest Baptist denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, does not believe that today, and neither do many other large Baptists denominations and associations. The Southern Baptist Convention officially says in its statement of faith that the Bible is the “supreme standard by which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried.” Many other denominations use the words “supreme” or “final” authority rather than “sole” authority in reference to the Bible, and recognize the lesser authority of the Ante-Nicene Church Fathers, the Nicene Creed, their own creed, etc.

The first Baptist distinctive as written by General Association of Regular Baptist Churches is as follows:

Biblical Authority

The Bible is the final authority in all matters of belief and practice because the Bible is inspired by God and bears the absolute authority of God Himself. Whatever the Bible affirms, Baptists accept as true. No human opinion or decree of any church group can override the Bible. Even creeds and confessions of faith, which attempt to articulate the theology of Scripture, do not carry Scripture’s inherent authority.
2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:20, 21

http://www.garbc.org/news/?page_id=32

DesertJoe · #25 12th May 2010, 11:22 AM

God Bless you Princeton.I do not consider myself a "tulip" type, but sola scriptura says it in 2 words

His_disciple3 · #26 23rd November 2010, 12:25 AM

Have you ever thought, after John the Baptist, taught that:

Matthew 3:11
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
KJV

And Jesus said:

Acts 1:5
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
KJV

then Paul The Apostle to the gentiles said:

Acts 19:3-5
3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
KJV

Have you ever thought, with all the baptist denominations that we have, why is there not a Holy Ghost Baptist Church??

sheina · #27 26th December 2010, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by july_ichat

Hello Everyone....

What is the different between Baptist and Anabaptist....??????

thanks.....

Webster's 1828 Dictionary [A-J]
anabaptist

ANABAP'TIST, n. Gr. again, and a baptist.

One who holds the doctrine of the baptism of adults, or of the invalidity of infant baptism, and the necessity of rebaptization in an adult age. One who maintains that baptism ought always to be performed by immersion.n.
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The Anabaptists rejected infant baptism and were persecuted during the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century by the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestants. There were many groups of Anabaptists, who were separatists.

THE ANABAPTISTS OF THE
REFORMATION ERA
1500 – 1700 A.D.

At the time of the Protestant Reformation there was a parallel movement
that was more biblical, that sought to go all the way back to the New
Testament pattern, and this was the so-called Anabaptist movement.
John Christian observes:

“Had it not been for fierce persecutions, which from the beginning fell
upon the Baptists, in all human probability the Reformation would have
been distinctly a Baptist movement. In that event, the character of the
Reformation would have been far more thorough and spiritual, and the
battle for human liberty would not have been delayed for ages. But the
leaders of the Reformation feared for their prerogatives and the rulers
for their thrones, and these two forces combined to defeat any show of
human freedom. The masses of the people, however, were with the
Baptists.”(A History of the Baptists by John Christian) (1922)

History of the Churches from a Baptist Perspective, Advanced Bible Study Series by David W. Cloud, pg. 373

Some of the groups who consider themselves Anabaptist today are the Mennonites and the Amish, who separated from the Mennonites in the late 1600s, because they did not think the latter were strict enough in discipline and separation from the world.

Basically the Anabaptists took the name "Baptist". The name "Anabaptist" was considered a slander since they did not see themselves as “rebaptizers,” because they did not accept the infant baptism of the Catholics and Protestants as valid baptism. For this reason they did not like the term Anabaptist.

SoulBap6 · #28 12th September 2011, 10:19 PM

The Independant Fundamental Baptist is not listed

mdd2299 · #29 11th October 2011, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by LivingWordUnity

Just curious. With all these different kinds of Baptists beliefs listed, why aren't Westboro Baptists included in this list?

I know that one would probably say something like they aren't true Baptists because they believe differently. But all the ones that are listed here have different beliefs from each other, too.

I know that I had asked about Westboro Baptists before, but it wasn't explained in a way that I can understand.
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According to their own website (god hates [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] dot com), WBC belongs to the Primitive Baptists and adhere to Calvin's Five Point theology known by the acronym T.U.L.I.P.