Featured Traditions of the Elders

The Puritans allowed for works of 'mercy' and 'necessity' to be undertaken on the Lord's day (c.f. Luke 13:15 etc.). Mrs Salty's work would seem to qualify on both counts.

We have a Care Home worker as a Deacon in our church. He works about one Lord's day in three.

 

My church, while indy fundy Baptist on its shingle, does NOT believe in nor follow ANY man-made doctrines of faith/worship, but is governed by SCRIPTURE.

 

I was brought up with the understanding that everyday was the "Lords Day".

 

everyone says that!

 

Many are governed by both Scripture AND man-made doctrines & rules. One church in my area claims to be IFB, but it's also KJVO. Just a block from my home is a pentecostal church which is chock-full of the usual man-made rules of dress & appearance. Most churches follow at least one man-made doctrine.

Depends on the extraScriptural doctrine being followed whether a church is apostate or not.

 

Such as?

We follow the law, of course, have a pastor & deacons. The pastor preaches from the NKJV, but we may use any Bible version we choose, What little music we have comes from a CD/boombox. We begin a service with a prayer/doxology & end with an "altar call". We have the foot-washing observance twice a year in appropriate weather, "Lord's Supper"/Communion 4 times a year, & outdoor baptism in appropriate weather. We believe baptism is the public outward expression of one's committment to Jesus & that only already-saved believers should be baptized. Our church exists to praise & worship God & to preach the Gospel, & nothing else.

 

Correction : the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches are *still* on the SBC rolls, and are counted in church and membership statistics, even if they set up their own mission board and give no money to the SBC Cooperative Program. No purge yet has occurred, though it should.

 

There are 'Alliance of Baptists' churches that are still in the Convention!

SBC Executive Committee decides membership in the Alliance of Baptists does not automatically disqualify a church from participation in the Southern Baptist Convention

 

Don't forget, "With heads bowed and eyes closed, raise your hand if you want to be saved today. Nobody is watching."

(Pastor then says a few "Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am." while I can't help but wonder if anybody is really raising their hand at all.)

 

If one is averse to working on Sunday, then to avoid hypocrisy or being a stumbling block for others, he needs to avoid patronizing places on Sunday where people are working, or perhaps even using services, like Cable or Internet or telephone, which companies are staffed round the clock.