Just wondering, how many of you belong to a certain denomination? I find I just do not fit into any denomination. I actualy was called "Bapticostal" lol. I guess it is because I believe in a lot of the baptist beliefs but also some pentecostal.
Your icon says "Faith Baptist Fellowship," yet you spout Charismatic/Pentecostal dogma, hum...
, I got it,
your Bapticostal!?!
Fault me all you want, but Bapticostal is a valid denomination. Here is a little FYI for ya:
"The
Bapticostal movement is a movement in some Baptist churches towards adopting certain elements of the
charismatic movement. The word
Bapticostal is a
portmanteau of
Baptist and
Pentecostal. The term has been used in a limited manner to describe a worship style of high-tempo
Contemporary Christian music accompanied with spontaneous shouts, clapping and hand raising. But it also describes those churches where members profess to have and exhibit the
charismatic gifts that are practiced in pentecostalism such as
speaking in tongues, being
slain in the Spirit, or being granted a
word of knowledge. The prevalence of such beliefs within Baptist churches worldwide is unknown. In some unions or conventions it hardly exists (e.g. Eastern Europe) but in others (Australia, New Zealand) it is common. In the
United States, it has been estimated that among
Southern Baptist churches, 5% of the churches could be classified as Bapticostal, and the numbers are growing.
While the Bapticostal movement may be gaining support with individual churches in the convention, the movement has been met with official opposition. In 1999, a regional Southern Baptist association of churches expelled the Calvary Baptist Church in
Marshfield, Missouri for the church teaching and exhibition of speaking in tongues and church members being slain in the Spirit.
More recently, in 2006 the International Mission Board passed standards for missionaries which would disqualify those who espoused opposition to traditional Southern Baptist doctrines of
eternal security and a rejection of a salvific view of
baptism, and also engaged in speaking in tongues or had a "private prayer language".
Following the new qualification of missionary appointments, the Rev.
Dwight McKissic gave a sermon during a chapel service to students attending
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and announced that he speaks in tongues and uses a private prayer language and emphasized not taking a
cessationist view of the charismatic gifts. Southwestern quickly distanced itself from McKissic's comments saying,
"Rev. McKissic’s interpretation of tongues as 'ecstatic utterance' is not a position that we suspect would be advocated by most faculty or trustees. In keeping with Baptist convictions regarding religious liberty, we affirm Rev. McKissic’s right to believe and advocate his position. Equally in keeping with our emphasis of religious liberty we reserve the right not to disseminate openly views which we fear may be harmful to the churches."
However, shortly after his election as president of the Convention, Rev. Frank Page expanded on his "big tent" view of Southern Baptists by saying,
"Churches must deal with charismatic issues and theology as a part of their own autonomous structure. I think that many charismatics function well within traditional Southern Baptist churches. In fact, we have several in our church. Some are more vocal and sometimes disruptive. Churches must deal with those kinds of attitudes on a case by case basis. Trustee bodies must do the same."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bapticostal_movement
Fault me all you want, make fun of me if you will, but it is a valid movement.
So before you fault somebody, please take the time to check it out.
God Bless
Till all are one.
