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Gold Dragon said:Non-denominational churches really took off in the 1950s and we currently have some pretty large non-denominational "denominations" like Calvary Chapel, the Willowcreek Association and the Saddleback family of churches.
Thanks Liz. Which ethnic group is that? I belong to a Chinese Baptist church and we were seriously considering replacing the Chinese in our name to become a Community Baptist Church and de-emphasize our ethnic heritage. However, with the huge influx of mainland chinese to Toronto in the last few years and the growth of our Mandarin ministry, it made sense to keep the word Chinese. There are also rumblings about the Baptist part of our name but no serious push for change there. Baptist does have a mild negative stigma because of things people hear in the news, but it is generally not an issue.Crazy Liz said:Saddleback is a Southern Baptist church.
Which raises another issue - many denominational churches have taken the denomination out of their name. Sometimes a whole denomination will have a trend toward using one type of name that sounds non-denominational. For example, "________ Christian Center" is probably Assembly of God, "________ Neighborhood Church" is probably, but not always, Christian and Missionary Alliance, "________ Bible Church" can be one of many denominations, but often is from a denomination associated with a particular ethnic group that wants to change this aspect of its identity.
Lots of denominational churches, for various reasons, seem to want to distance themselves from their denominational identity.
Crazy Liz said:You also raise a good point about "associations." Baptist churches tend to be very independent. Some, but not all, nondenominational churches are independent, too. Nearly all nondenominational churches I'm familiar with are very, very similar to some form of Baptist church.
Gold Dragon said:Thanks Liz. Which ethnic group is that? I belong to a Chinese Baptist church and we were seriously considering replacing the Chinese in our name to become a Community Baptist Church and de-emphasize our ethnic heritage. However, with the huge influx of mainland chinese to Toronto in the last few years and the growth of our Mandarin ministry, it made sense to keep the word Chinese. There are also rumblings about the Baptist part of our name but no serious push for change there. Baptist does have a mild negative stigma because of things people hear in the news, but it is generally not an issue.
There are no denominational requirements to be part of the Saddleback family of churches and participate in the Purpose Driven church ministries. So many of those churches are probably not SBC in origin although some of them may be.Crazy Liz said:I also found this Southern Baptist news release about SB churches honored at Saddleback. Notice the list of names. It seems like a trend to name churches so as to disguise their denominational affiliation.
I'mHis said:I had a question about Baptist beliefs vs. non-denomitional beliefs. I attend a non-demonitional church, and attend a Baptist university. I don't really see a lot of differences in the beliefs. Maybe they just haven't come up, but does anyone know? I would appreciate any answers!
LOLdaveleau said:The only big differences I've seen in my Baptist experiences and my non-denom experiences has been the dress codeand the fact that my Baptist churches are teetotalers.
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