Southern Baptists, and "other" Baptists?

[Fat]

I'm a rare thing for a baptist I think. I don't disassociate myself from other denominations. I believe that as long as a person knows Jesus Christ as their personal savior they are a part of the body of Christ, and therefore my brother or sister in Christ.

I don't look at a person's denomination when talking about God. I speak of God's love, I speak of the power of His might, and the wonderful grace of Jesus Christ. With that in common, does the rest really matter?

Does Communion vs Lord's Supper matter? It's a fulfillment of the command "Do this in remembrance of Me".

If they are living according to the Word, studying the Word and growing in their spiritual lives, who are we to say "that's wrong". That's the job of the Holy Spirit.
We are to edify the brethren...not tear them down for "legalism" or "liberalism".

Just my 2 cents...and probably more LOL

There are problems in some of the practices that may make a deference to you. Some Baptist are Arminian and that can lead to some problems with those that are Calvinist.

Fat

 

[Gwenyfur]

While it is true that there are differences between denominations, that doesn't change the fact that we all make up the body of Christ.
His church.
His bride.
Which is made up of all who claim Him as their Savior and Lord, no matter the denomination they adhere to.

 

[infantyouthpastor]

I agree Gwenyfur. Alot of times people within denominations forget the fact that we are all parts of one body. I just read an article that Mike Yaconelli (the former president of youth specialties) wrote. He stated that youth specialties believed in Jesus, the church, the grace of God, and the Bible. He also said, yeah, there's tons of other stuff such as baptism, prophecy, etc, etc. But, if you believe in the "biggies", then the other small things will fall into place. No, they might not be just like your brother or sister next to you, but a personnal faith in Christ is what Christianity is all about, right? Personnally, I think Yac was onto something...

 

[Crazy Liz]

Gwenyfur, I don't think you're all that rare. Around where I live, lots of Baptist churches don't have the word "Baptist" in their name, and you really have to try hard to get anyone to tell you what denomination they are.

 

[Gwenyfur]

Gwenyfur, I don't think you're all that rare. Around where I live, lots of Baptist churches don't have the word "Baptist" in their name, and you really have to try hard to get anyone to tell you what denomination they are.

That's somewhat of a relief to know I come from an area that saying you are baptist is about equal to saying you're a bigot. I'm glad to know I'm not the exception to the norm. Thanks

 

[utdbear]

I am a member of a Southern Baptist Church, and my pastor is a former president. Basically what the SBC does is set out a doctrine that aligns the churches to one doctrine, so that if Doug in Montgomery Alabama has to move to Boston, he knows that he can find a church in Boston that will have the same basic doctrine as his old church. All churches if they can give to the mission fund, both foreign(IMB) and domestic(NAMB) and individual missionaries can join those organizations. Also the Convention runs I believe 6 seminaries throughout the United States, and the regents are responsible to the convention in regards to what they teach, how their curriculum is run, etc. A lot of other smaller state conventions are also linked, as many churches are part of the state convention, and of the national(My church is a Southern Baptist church, and also a member church of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention).

I don't know if I just helped at all, but wanted to give my .02

 

[kleptobismol]

i am a Southern Baptist and i really dont know if there's any difference. i feel at home in any other baptist church around the country.

 

[Fat]

While it is true that there are differences between denominations, that doesn't change the fact that we all make up the body of Christ.
His church.
His bride.
Which is made up of all who claim Him as their Savior and Lord, no matter the denomination they adhere to.

I agree with you Gwenyfur but it is a problem if say you're a Arminian and you go to a Southern Baptist Church and you want your infant baby baptized you will have a problem. The same goes with feet washing, as practiced by the Separate Baptists.

Some say it is possible for a believer to fall from grace, some say it is not.

Some say grace can be resisted even by the regenerate, some say not.

Like you said we are all in the Body of Christ, just that some of us can't go to church with holes in their socks

 

[Gwenyfur]

ironically you keep saying Armenian....
So I'll share about a couple in our church....from armenia...

They dedicated their new baby. Not with baptism... but with prayer. Just as Hannah had brought Samuel to dedicate him to the Lord. It has since become a part of our service about once a quarter that we have "baby dedication". It's an awesome little thing that I wish we'd've done back when my little ones were babies.

If they think they can fall from grace, give them scripture. Pure and simple. We all tend to agree that the Bible is the leveler that we live by. If they agree, then give them scripture...No need to argue and get worked up over stuffs...It's not worth discention within the body...Rom 14

As for holes in your socks....well....good luck there buddy

 

[Fat]

ironically you keep saying Armenian....
So I'll share about a couple in our church....from armenia...

They dedicated their new baby. Not with baptism... but with prayer. Just as Hannah had brought Samuel to dedicate him to the Lord. It has since become a part of our service about once a quarter that we have "baby dedication". It's an awesome little thing that I wish we'd've done back when my little ones were babies.

If they think they can fall from grace, give them scripture. Pure and simple. We all tend to agree that the Bible is the leveler that we live by. If they agree, then give them scripture...No need to argue and get worked up over stuffs...It's not worth discention within the body...Rom 14

As for holes in your socks....well....good luck there buddy

That's Arminian not the same. We also do baby dedication and the pastor writes a letter that is put away until the day that the child grows and accepts Christ it is then given to him/her. But I believe that you can not remove the first sin by baptism of an infant. We don't do the foot thing so I can get by with holly socks.

 

[Gwenyfur]

LOL color me embarrassed....
I'm off to do some reading now
Forgive my ignorance on the Arminian thing, please.

God Bless...

 

[mixster]

I would like to ask the Southern Baptist here if there is any Charismatic folks that attend your churches and what are your thoughts on this. Also do your churches have praise and worship and bands. Thanks

 

[Gwenyfur]

I would like to ask the Southern Baptist here if there is any Charismatic folks that attend your churches and what are your thoughts on this. Also do your churches have praise and worship and bands. Thanks

I don't know if you'd refer to us as charismatic, we have a few hand raisers, and wavers, but for the most part we're still "frozen saints" LOL
(yes, I know, bad baptist joke LOL) Personally I think if you're raising your hands to the Lord in worship and not for show...the go for it! It's in the psalms to lift your hands to the Lord...I'm not against it and most certainly wouldn't rebuke anyone for doing it.

Anyhow, as for praise bands...
YES we have a praise band....right now it's rather small and consists of a guitar, bass guitar, french horn, clarinet, trumpet, piano, and we're pending a saxophone...we have a player, just not an instrument in good repair...so we're praying...

Anyhow, we perform once a month during a "contemporary praise" service we hold before evening services. A compromise with the elders in our church. THey don't like the newer music, and prefer to not hear it....okay...so we have a montly separate service. Once in a while we'll do a prelude or postlude, or some special music if it's a mellower song.

Anyhow...that our little church.

we're little LOL But we make a joyful noise

 

[infantyouthpastor]

The church my sister attends is a contemporary southern baptist church. They voted as a church to go solely to a contemporary service. They have begun to reach a new breed of people, largely those who are unchurched because the pastor preaches in stylish shirts and jeans, not a suit and tie. Somewhere, old hardcore southern baptists are rolling in their graves, but it's no big deal to me. So, YES, they have a praise band that has lead guitar, acoustic guitar, rythem guitar, bass guitar, a keyboard, and drums. It's neato! Plus, I'm not afraid to raise my hands, dance a little bit, etc. It's all in worship to my King!

 

[mixster]

Very interesting. I am sort of trying to find out how the Baptist are thinking about doctrines that years ago they just did not deal with. It seems to me that the Holy Spirit is dealing especially with the SBC people about the workings of the Holy Spirit. The Southern Baptist are more open to change than the IFB churches and that is why I believe these things are happening now.. What about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, do you all think they ceased with the early church or are they for us today. I am a Bapticostal and I believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit including tongues but also I am a Southern Baptist and believe in the Baptist doctrines. I guess I am odd but I choose to believe Gods whole Word and want everything he has for me.