The pros and cons

[Asinner]

If everyone disagrees with you, then start your own church. Call it The Church of What's Happenin' Now.

God Bless

 

[Gal328]

Have you thought of going PRE-denominational?

Maybe

 

[Gal328]

PRO: You're accountable to nothing except your own personal interpretation of Scripture, so you can do whatever you want and if anybody tells you you're wrong you can tell them to buzz off.

CON: You're accountable to nothing except your own personal interpretation of Scripture, so you can do whatever you want and if anybody tells you you're wrong you can tell them to buzz off.

Rdr Moses

Thank you thank you thank you

 

[Metanoia02]

The big con about non-denoms is what does the future hold. Where I live used church real estate is a booming market. Someone is always starting a new church and someone is always closing one. We have the highest number of churches per capita in the US. Seem like a lot of people are getting caught in the non-denominational shuffle.

 

[Celticflower]

Roger459 wrote:

"One Major Denomination, what I will not mention, believes, that you must be Water Baptized to be SAVED! The Bible teaches no such thing = and yet that denomination believes that!"


I hate to tell you this, but my husband's non-denom teaches the same thing. (Something that was not brought out to us before he joined and one reason I am not a member there)

 

[ThreeAM]

Non denomenational are sometimes only non denomenational in name only. A large non-denominational in my area was started by baptist and teaches only baptist doctrine.

 

[eoe]

A large non-denominational in my area was started by baptist and teaches only baptist doctrine.

Makes you kinda wonder why they would not be accepted by the SBC or another Baptist convention does it not?

 

[ThreeAM]

Makes you kinda wonder why they would not be accepted by the SBC or another Baptist convention does it not?

My brother inlaw a baptist minister himself knows the pastor of the Non-Denom well having gone to seminary with him. They are trying to reach those who don't want to join a denomination and are all more "praise Church" or "fellowship church" oriented. The Non Denom is HUGE with multiple services, thousands of members, a free Crispy Cream and StarBuc kiosk in the church and has a website name for its official name. Personally I don't agree with it.

 

[TexasSky]

For the most part, the non-denominational churches I have known had been as biblical as the denominational churches, but I have some concerns.

There are some non-denominationals that have an almost cult-like mentality.

The denominational fellowships offer financial resources to member churches.

I've seen some non-denominational churches that were formed, purely and simply, to avoid biblical standards for elders/deacons/etc, or to allow them to enforce standards that have much less to do with Christ and Christianity than they do with worldly-judgment.

 

[Gal328]

Roger459 wrote:

"One Major Denomination, what I will not mention, believes, that you must be Water Baptized to be SAVED! The Bible teaches no such thing = and yet that denomination believes that!"


I hate to tell you this, but my husband's non-denom teaches the same thing. (Something that was not brought out to us before he joined and one reason I am not a member there)

If you are implying that baptist believe that you must do it FOR the sake of salvation, then you are wrong. They believe that you must do it for relationship purposes.

 

[OnTheWay]

Non-demon churches don't exist, they're virtually all Evangelical protestants. They merely don't belong to any of the established evang hierarch systems. It seems that going to a church where the pastor, who needn't have any theological education, holds complete sway over the theological direction of the church could be quite dangerous. Best case it is merely confusing for some to move between pastors teaching different doctrines on certain issues.

 

[Celticflower]

If you are implying that baptist believe that you must do it FOR the sake of salvation, then you are wrong. They believe that you must do it for relationship purposes.

Gal, I do hope you were talking to Roger459 and not me. He mentioned the "major denonination" while I was talking about an independent non-denom.

 

[catlover]

What, in your opinion are the Pro's and Cons of being Non-denominational?

could anyone think of any?

I have been to a non denominational church. They may have well been Baptist. I saw no difference between what they did and a conservative Baptist church. Other than their literature didn't have a Baptist publisher.

 

[LJSGM]

What, in your opinion are the Pro's and Cons of being Non-denominational?

could anyone think of any?

Wow, this sounds more like a non-denom bashing more then a discussion.

 

[The Prokeimenon!]

Hey- everybody gets a turn to be bashed.

Rdr Moses

 

[LJSGM]

Hey- everybody gets a turn to be bashed.

Rdr Moses

Hehe, I suppose