What kind of Baptist are you?

[BereanTodd]

There are plenty of southern baptists who are calvinists, myself among them (though I am not reformed, I am dispensational). There are reformed southern baptists, there are dispensational calvinistic southern baptists ... southern baptist does not really denote a specific set of doctrine, beyond believer's baptism, the autonomy of the local congregation, and support of the IMB.

 

[StreetPreacher82]

There are plenty of southern baptists who are calvinists, myself among them (though I am not reformed, I am dispensational). There are reformed southern baptists, there are dispensational calvinistic southern baptists ... southern baptist does not really denote a specific set of doctrine, beyond believer's baptism, the autonomy of the local congregation, and support of the IMB.

Okay... are you answering a challenge... because this seems out of place?

 

[cjordan08]

And I honestly don't know which one of these categories I would fall in anyway. Our church is a small country church that serves the Lord on Wednesdays and Sundays. - any suggestions on which I fall in???

 

[Saint_Rita]

voted freewill baptist. It just happens to be the church I am at. I'm not sure I'd call myself freewill baptist - or give myself any label at this point yet.

 

[ImmersionX]

I consider myself a christian....who happens to attend a southern baptist church.
I'm not much for labels.

Peace.

 

[desmalia]

Another Reformed Baptist here.
Though I attend a moderate, Arminian Baptist church because it's the best option we've got in the city. All the other ones are either extremely liberal, New Age-y, or both. Even the "Reformed" ones.

 

[ImmersionX]

Nothing worse than a baptist church body that has embraced new age garbage. Glad you were able to at least find one that doesn't.


Peace.

 

[Ave Maria]

I used to be an independent fundamentalist Baptist but any more, I am a Southern Baptist. I switched because while the beliefs are similar, Southern Baptists don't put restrictions on what Bible version you can use.

 

[desmalia]

Nothing worse than a baptist church body that has embraced new age garbage. Glad you were able to at least find one that doesn't.


Peace.

Oh, I know! Been there, done that.
Ya, so far they're not too bad, though some of the leadership has been getting into this contemplative garbage a bit. But then recently we were thrilled to see all kinds of Truth Project small groups start up, and it's been a huge hit. So I'm very encouraged by that.

 

[Phileoeklogos]

I'm a Southern Baptist of the Founders movement type.

 

[ImmersionX]

Question here in all seriousness: What are "Reformed" Baptists actually reforming? Doesn't make sense and it the biggest misnomer I've recently heard. Splain lucy! Perhaps in another thread though. Don't want to hijack this one.

Cya.

 

[Beckyy25]

Question here in all seriousness: What are "Reformed" Baptists actually reforming? Doesn't make sense and it the biggest misnomer I've recently heard. Splain lucy! Perhaps in another thread though. Don't want to hijack this one.

Cya.

Maybe this will help you: The 5 points of Reformed Baptist Churches

 

[Kilrathi827]

Independent Baptist. I was saved at an independent Baptist missionary church here in Korea, and am still a member there. I haven't learned quite enough about the other categories/divisions of Baptists to speak with any amount of certainty about them or the differences in what I believe. But fundamentally, I think the intention for the church was to be small independentally minded churches whose leadership was responsible only to Christ and the Scripture. Our pastor encourages us to read and memorize the Scripture for ourselves, and to share what the Spirit tells us through it. I'm comfortable here, and I think I have been growing well here as well.

 

[StreetPreacher82]

Independent Baptist. I was saved at an independent Baptist missionary church here in Korea, and am still a member there. I haven't learned quite enough about the other categories/divisions of Baptists to speak with any amount of certainty about them or the differences in what I believe. But fundamentally, I think the intention for the church was to be small independentally minded churches whose leadership was responsible only to Christ and the Scripture. Our pastor encourages us to read and memorize the Scripture for ourselves, and to share what the Spirit tells us through it. I'm comfortable here, and I think I have been growing well here as well.

Really, all Baptist churches are supposed to be that way.

In theory at least.

 

[StreetPreacher82]

I'm a Southern Baptist of the Founders movement type.

That's a new one one me... care to explain?

 

[nhisname]

Southern Baptist

 

[eldermike]

Southern Baptists, actually in the south.

 

[Phileoeklogos]

That's a new one one me... care to explain?

It's a movement within the SBC of people and local churches that believe the early Southern Baptists had it right, at least as far as the Gospel, doctrine, church practice, plurality of elders and so on. The early SBC was not the SBC of today in many ways, and there is much we need to recover. That's a very small nutshell's version, anyone interested can visit, www.founders.org...............

 

[StreetPreacher82]

It's a movement within the SBC of people and local churches that believe the early Southern Baptists had it right, at least as far as the Gospel, doctrine, church practice, plurality of elders and so on. The early SBC was not the SBC of today in many ways, and there is much we need to recover. That's a very small nutshell's version, anyone interested can visit, www.founders.org...............

Gotcha... thanks for sharing!

 

[JacobHall86]

Reformed Southern Baptist.