do you have this problem in your church?

TwinCrier said:

I think most people perfer to read the writtings of their denomination.

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fluffy_rainbow said:

AWANA is non-denominational, but they have specific requirements before a church can enroll. Alot of Baptist churches are opposed to the program because it typically replaces RA's and GA's which are SBC endorsed children's programs; however, in every church I've been in that had an AWANA program, more children attended and more adults participated in assisting with it. It was overall a more successful program.

As far as my experience with Baptists who don't like other denominations, I only experienced this in the first Baptist church I attended, which was a large SBC. The pastor preached that all methodists are alcoholics, Presbyterians are not spirit-filled, and that Catholics are the harlot of Babylon and will not enter heaven. I'm not sure what the Biblical teaching for this is, although I agree that there will be no denominations in heaven, only saved people. Doctrinal differences are just that - differences. They do not condemn one specific group to hell and damnation.

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Wyomingdude said:

OK now I know that we should be true to our heritage but in my church the people and deacons have this mentality that anything but Baptist is from the devil. I totally disagree with this but I wanted to know if alot of other churches have this problem or it is just mine. thanks.

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Wyomingdude said:

It's not so much what they said as to what they did. In our church we have AWANAS and that is the only minestry in our church yet we have to fight to keep it running. We had to fight to put the lines in the carpet, we have to fight to keep it running, we have to fight to get enough workers to help out with it, all because it isn't a Southern Baptist program.

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