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View Poll Results: Are infants and young children members of the Church ? | |
Yes
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No
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18th August 2004, 06:14 PM
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18th August 2004, 10:18 PM
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18th August 2004, 10:21 PM
| | | Originally Posted by Oblio Please vote 
Yes, once baptized, we call them preparatory members in the United Methodist Church. They are full members when they make their own confession of faith--so they are members
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18th August 2004, 10:54 PM
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Reps: 244,222,268 (power: 244,239) | | | I voted yes since the Lutheran church baptizes infants.
I think it would be better to say that they may be members of the body of Christ.
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19th August 2004, 02:28 AM
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Reps: 69,090 (power: 86) | | Originally Posted by Phoebe I think it would be better to say that they may be members of the body of Christ.
Why? 
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19th August 2004, 06:40 AM
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Reps: 10 (power: 0) | | | i'd say so. God looks at the littl'uns of our world too...
not just the big people. but im sure there are exceptions with them, regarding death at an early age, etc.
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19th August 2004, 09:02 AM
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Reps: 244,222,268 (power: 244,239) | | Originally Posted by Lotar Why?
Because voting and other things usually get tied in with being the member of a congregation.
The little guy scratching his head looks mean.
Maybe I should take the word 'may' out of italics.
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19th August 2004, 09:05 AM
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19th August 2004, 09:39 AM
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Reps: 44,662,269,041 (power: 44,662,283) | | Originally Posted by Veritas I vote "yes" as long as they have been baptized. 
But the poll doesn't give that option. It just asks are children members of the Church. |
19th August 2004, 12:29 PM
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Reps: 33,707,381 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by jeffthefinn There is no age discrimination in the Orthodox Church, once one is baptised and chrismated, they are full members of the Holy Church.
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Yes, the Anabaptist practice in this area is, of all Anabaptist beliefs, hardest to reconcile with scripture.
[bible]matthew 19:14[/bible]
This is the way the Anabaptists basically resolved 3 principles:
a) Baptism is initiation into church membership.
b) Baptism is for repentance.
c) Little children are unable to repent and have nothing to repent from.
Not totally satisfactory, but the reason I answered as I did. | | |
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