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3 three people blocked me and 1 unfriended me on fb for no reason. A, M, J and K never responded to my messages. Maybe Ill just talk to them at the Animezement next year to get them to talk to me because im getting sick and tired of people blocking, ignoring my messages and unfriending me when I'm trying to be nice. Im tired of being alone. I'm a Extrovert. I don't care of they're busy with school and work. I'm sitting in my apartment doing nothing. I don't have a car. Im attending fkbc and I have attend for a year to be a member and teach the Youth Ministry. so What is this immersion about before becoming a member of a church? I never heard of that such thing just to be a member of a church. They have a membership there so I have to wait until next September to take the membership class. I don't need to be baptized to be a member of church. I already been baptized when I was 5 years old. Why would I need to be baptized to become a member of a church?
 
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I don't care of they're busy with school and work. I'm sitting in my apartment doing nothing.

There’s your reason. If your relational demands exceed the norm you’re going to have challenges. If you’ve been told they aren’t available or can’t converse when you wish and you’ve ignored their response the majority will distance themselves from you or sever the connection.

You are trying to fill your emptiness with people and its turning them off. That’s why you find yourself in this place again and again. Only God can fill our void. You must look to Him.

No one can dominate our lives. Nor are friends entitled to our time or attention when they come calling. We aren’t expected to drop everything for them. You can’t be first. You will never be first.

The best connections are grace-filled expressions of love with lots of give and take. True giving is selfless. It doesn’t keep score or place demands on its recipients.

I encourage you to address this issue in prayer. If you continue your behavior you’ll be ostracized everywhere you go. Read 1 Corinthians 13 and consider yourself in light of God’s mandate.
 
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Why would I need to be baptized to become a member of a church?
There is an infant baptism. This is a dedication where the Parents, Godparents and the whole church commits to doing all they can to raise the child as a Christian. The service is in the book of common prayer used by a number of different main line churches. Then there is the confirmation when the child is older and of age. This is where they join the church and dedicate their life to serving God as a Christian. In some churches this is presided by the Bishop and this is considered to be a laying on of hands for apostolic secession. The Baptist & Independent churches has an adult baptism that is very much like the confirmation they have in the churches that follow the book of common prayer. Some do not have Bishops and apostolic secession. Their structure is a little different.
 
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There is an infant baptism. This is a dedication where the Parents, Godparents and the whole church commits to doing all they can to raise the child as a Christian. The service is in the book of common prayer used by a number of different main line churches. Then there is the confirmation when the child is older and of age. This is where they join the church and dedicate their life to serving God as a Christian. In some churches this is presided by the Bishop and this is considered to be a laying on of hands for apostolic secession. The Baptist & Independent churches has an adult baptism that is very much like the confirmation they have in the churches that follow the book of common prayer. Some do not have Bishops and apostolic secession. Their structure is a little different.
This is not the practice of the pre-Reformation churches, joshua.

But I will not go into that here.
 
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Just for perspective, when my wife and I moved to our present location, we planned to visit the nearby churches of our denomination, and maybe others. The first church we attended seemed like a perfect fit, and we never got around to trying others.

But we didn't join immediately. We attended almost every Sunday for a year before becoming members. The church didn't require the 1-year attendance, but my wife and I thought it would be wise. We're not "joiners" or extroverts. It gave us time to become familiar with the church and its members, and vice versa. After a year, we joined and have been very busy in the church teaching and governing ever since.

Different approaches for different people; it's usually wise to "look before you leap".
 
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3 three people blocked me and 1 unfriended me on fb for no reason. A, M, J and K never responded to my messages. Maybe Ill just talk to them at the Animezement next year to get them to talk to me because im getting sick and tired of people blocking, ignoring my messages and unfriending me when I'm trying to be nice. Im tired of being alone. I'm a Extrovert. I don't care of they're busy with school and work. I'm sitting in my apartment doing nothing. I don't have a car. Im attending fkbc and I have attend for a year to be a member and teach the Youth Ministry. so What is this immersion about before becoming a member of a church? I never heard of that such thing just to be a member of a church. They have a membership there so I have to wait until next September to take the membership class. I don't need to be baptized to be a member of church. I already been baptized when I was 5 years old. Why would I need to be baptized to become a member of a church?
What is fkbc?

Being ignored on Facebook is NOT the worst thing in the world, Lanae.
 
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What is fkbc?

Being ignored on Facebook is NOT the worst thing in the world, Lanae.
its First Korean Baptist Church. Im active in the small group on Fridays and Sundays. ill just wait until I go the Animezement next year because someone discord said that its easier to talk to them in person. its so preposterous that I can't even get them to talk to me anymore. its Almost October and the Animezement is in May
 
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its First Korean Baptist Church. Im active in the small group on Fridays and Sundays. ill just wait until I go the Animezement next year because someone discord said that its easier to talk to them in person. its so preposterous that I can't even get them to talk to me anymore. its Almost October and the Animezement is in May
What is Animezement?
 
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its a 3 day Anime Convention that starts at the end of May and there's Raleigh SuperCon that starts for 3 days at the end of July
And what does this have to do with your spiritual life?
 
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And what does this have to do with your spiritual life?
oh Idk im just interested in Anime and I watch Anime and read Manga. I still read the Bible and pray
 
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Have you met them in person in the past?
yes I met A at my school, and some of her friends at the Animezement May 2018 years ago except A's bf. I only talked him for while and asked him to let A know that left her some messages and then he blocked me after I tried to get A to talk to me on fb. They're always busy with school and work.
 
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yes I met A at my school, and some of her friends at the Animezement 2 years ago except A's bf. I only talked him for while and asked him to let A know that left her some messages and then he blocked me after I tried to get A to talk to me on fb. They're always busy with school and work.

Were you friends with her boyfriend and connected on Facebook? Or did you message him on your own?
 
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