A sincere question

No sincere question is ever silly.

I don't know of any Baptist group, church, or fellowship that denies the Trinity.

Welcome to the Baptist Board .

 

I concur, C4K. The doctrine of the Trinity is universally accepted in every Baptist group or denomination that I have ever known about.

TommyZ, for your information, most denominations and churches that would be considered Christian would also hold to this doctrine. Of the large denominations and churches that I know of, only the United Pentecostals and the Unitarians deny the Trinity. I would be interested to find out if any other groups do.

 

Tommy

Not and be a Christian, much less a Baptist.

I did not know that the

were anti-trinitarian? That is scary, and it could be why they get deceived so easily.

 

Tommy

Originally posted by El Guero:
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Tommy
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can some disagree with this doctrine?
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Not and be a Christian, much less a Baptist.


Tommy,I agree.
I John 5:7
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

 

Amen!

 

were anti-trinitarian? That is scary, and it could be why they get deceived so easily. </font>[/QUOTE]The UPC is a minority subset of Pentecostalism that you may have heard referred to as Oneness Pentecostals who subscribe to what could be considered a modalist view of the Godhead.

They would describe it as Jesus the Father, Jesus the Son and Jesus the Holy Spirit.

CARM : Oneness Pentecostalism

 

I agree that the doctrine of the Trinity is one of the fundamentals of the faith. I am not sure that one has to fully understand it to be a believer (Acts 10, 16, et al). But I do feel quite certain that a true believer could not repudiate the doctrine of the Trinity.

I would however prefer to establish this based on more passages than the comma johanneum.

 

Originally posted by rjprince:
I would however prefer to establish this based on more passages than the comma johanneum.

I would highly recommend this site to those who would like to study more on the Biblical doctrine of the Trinity. It goes far beyond the verse(s) in I John that many call into question.
http://www.gotquestions.org/Trinity-Bible.html

 

The individual church would have to take care of this errant member and vote him out. The BBFI is, to my understanding, not a denomination. Because they are not, they cannot force a church to remove an errant member.

 

Check the bylaws of your church to determine what can be done with the individual. There's a difference between believing contrary to church doctrine (and remaining silent) and shouting your beliefs from the rooftops.

 

The only members of the BBFI are the pastors themselves and not the churches. The fellowship does not have any influence on the local church other than the opportunities for corporate missions/church planting.

If a memeber of a church did deny the Doctrine of the Trinity, then that local church would deal with it. It would probably include some pointed discipleship and intense discussions until either the member came to understand and accept the Doctrine or a determination was made that fellowship needs to be broken to protect the church.

 

The denial of the Trinity is a fatal error!
Someone that denies the Trinity ought to be put out of the church before he infects others with his heresy.

But we can never understand the Trinity, just like we can never understand creation out of nothing etc. etc. We just have to believe it because God has revealed it.