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Were you raised Baptist?

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I am asking that because I was. I'm 38 now and I have gone to Independent Baptist churches all my life. Never missed a Sunday except if I was sick or something like that. My earliest memories are of me being in the nursery at our church.

My mom and dad were both born-again Bible believing Christians. Sadly my dad died in 2022 of intestinal cancer. I have no doubt he is with Jesus right now.

My mom is still alive and she told me she has no desire to remarry. I guess she will just grow old single then. I think the Apostle Paul was also single.

Were you raised Baptist as well?
 
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JacquelineDeane55 said:
I am asking that because I was. I'm 38 now and I have gone to Independent Baptist churches all my life. Never missed a Sunday except if I was sick or something like that. My earliest memories are of me being in the nursery at our church.

My mom and dad were both born-again Bible believing Christians. Sadly my dad died in 2022 of intestinal cancer. I have no doubt he is with Jesus right now.

My mom is still alive and she told me she has no desire to remarry. I guess she will just grow old single then. I think the Apostle Paul was also single.

Were you raised Baptist as well?
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I was not raised Baptist, but I had close ties with it, and spent some years in Baptist churches. I now attend a Bible Church which is essentially Baptist in doctrine and largely in practice. Sorry for your loss.
 
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JacquelineDeane55 said:
Hi tdidymas, may I ask what denomination you were brought up in, then? Or are you non-denominational?
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Non-denominational is a denomination. It might be called "miscellaneous." Actually, in my distant past, I was raised in several denominations, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Presbyterian, and Baptist. I currently go to a Bible Church, because the main thrust is on what the Bible actually says (as opposed to traditions or sensational ideas). I called myself Baptist before I started going there. I've come to conclude that the London Baptist Confession (1689) is the best of all the confessions I have read.
 
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No, I wasn't raised a Baptist. I was raised an Anglican (Church of England). I never heard the gospel in the C of E; nobody ever told me that I was a sinner in desperate need of a Saviour. When I did hear the gospel from a school friend in my late teens, by God's grace I believed it. I knew I couldn't continue in my Anglican church, but I knew nothing about churches which preached the bible faithfully. With God's help, I came across a Baptist church, where I soon found that everything they did and taught was based on the bible. I have been a Baptist ever since.
 
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I grew up attending a Southern Baptist church. I am grateful that I learned about salvation and got a foundation for my faith and Christian life there.

However, I think I would have been better off if I had been part of another denomination or a non-denominational church.

When my kids were growing up, I took them to a variety of different denominations and non-denominational churches. If I were still raising my kids now, I would not take them to a Baptist church.
 
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I was raised in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (a Trinitarian sister church to the Mormon church). Still a cult because of all the added scripture, but at least not as totally unchristian as the Mormons. I converted out when I was about 49 when I came here to CF in 2005 and finally heard the pure truth. I spent about 20 years as non-denominational, and started attending an independent Baptist church last year and have applied for membership. So I am really new to being Baptist.
 
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I was born & raised in a mainline denomination. For a time we were part of a 'bad' church. I didn't like it. It didn't even pretend to be Christian. They would only read the same verse or 2 from the Bible & that's it for example. I was dealing w/ hard stuff at school too. So I would read the Bible for myself. I read what it taught. I read about personal sin, Jesus being the once-for-all-time sacrifice, he picks you & doesn't let you go, & more. One thing I also saw when I was reading the Bible, it's always 'they believed & were baptized.' I thought 'all these churches are doing it wrong.' Over time I met Baptists & have become involved in Baptist churches. I believe I got called out of other denominations & got pulled to Baptist.

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No, I wasn't raised a Baptist. I was raised an Anglican (Church of England). I never heard the gospel in the C of E; nobody ever told me that I was a sinner in desperate need of a Saviour. When I did hear the gospel from a school friend in my late teens, by God's grace I believed it. I knew I couldn't continue in my Anglican church, but I knew nothing about churches which preached the bible faithfully. With God's help, I came across a Baptist church, where I soon found that everything they did and taught was based on the bible. I have been a Baptist ever since.
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That sounds all too common, never hearing the Gospel in a 'church.' :(
 
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