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Christocentric Theology (New Covenant Theology): The Big Nothing Burger

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Earth Wind and Fire

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There are several theologians (and NCT theologies). If you could go back to 50 years, you could assume smaller Baptist churches hold some type of NCT.

There was a time when seminary training was not trusted among Baptists because of things like Covenant Theology and even Dispensationalism. The idea was a Christian goes to seminary and comes out an atheist (an exaggeration, but many of the ideas created in the academic area did not quite match what people read in Scripture).

If you could go back 50 years we could also go to a Grateful Dead concert. So there's that, too.
I don’t like them… bunch of pot heads, but there is Led Zeppelin, Genesis ( with Peter Gabriel), oh and Pink Floyd … how do I forget that! Jim Morrison & the Doors farther back but they made great music. That was the LSD years.
 

Earth Wind and Fire

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There are several theologians (and NCT theologies). If you could go back to 50 years, you could assume smaller Baptist churches hold some type of NCT.

There was a time when seminary training was not trusted among Baptists because of things like Covenant Theology and even Dispensationalism. The idea was a Christian goes to seminary and comes out an atheist (an exaggeration, but many of the ideas created in the academic area did not quite match what people read in Scripture).

If you could go back 50 years we could also go to a Grateful Dead concert. So there's that, too.
BTW, there are no longer any smaller Baptist churches in New Jersey… they expired 30 years ago (Really/ for real)! Always read about European secularism, well here it is! :Geek
 

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...ah, come on, be a sport, count them and tell me how close I was...:D
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OnlyaSinner

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BTW, there are no longer any smaller Baptist churches in New Jersey… they expired 30 years ago (Really/ for real)! Always read about European secularism, well here it is! :Geek
What is your threshold for "smaller"? Here in Northern New England, it's probably <50-100 on Sunday morning. In the Bible Belt, maybe 10+ times that.
 

Earth Wind and Fire

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What is your threshold for "smaller"? Here in Northern New England, it's probably <50-100 on Sunday morning. In the Bible Belt, maybe 10+ times that.
Honestly I’m looking for a retirement someplace warmer as I am arthritic. But to answer your question, 20 people tops and that’s Reformed type churches. As sited before, you can’t find Regular Baptists churches anymore. There is a Methodist church nearby but they are looney tunes.
Now if you want to talk Roman Catholic, there are 7 churches in a 5 mile radius.
 

JonC

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Honestly I’m looking for a retirement someplace warmer as I am arthritic. But to answer your question, 20 people tops and that’s Reformed type churches. As sited before, you can’t find Regular Baptists churches anymore. There is a Methodist church nearby but they are looney tunes.
Now if you want to talk Roman Catholic, there are 7 churches in a 5 mile radius.
It's the opposite around here. We have a few Catholic churches, some Presbyterian and Methodist churches, but most are Baptist.

If you renounce all it is to be Yankee I'll put in a good word for you. :Biggrin
 

Earth Wind and Fire

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Honestly I’m looking for a retirement someplace warmer as I am arthritic. But to answer your question, 20 people tops and that’s Reformed type churches. As sited before, you can’t find Regular Baptists churches anymore. There is a Methodist church nearby but they are looney tunes.
Now if you want to talk Roman Catholic, there are 7 churches in a 5 mile radius.
You probably Should ask Jon the moderator his opinion of small churches. You probably have to average it out depending upon where you’re located.
 

kyredneck

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Help me out here, moderators. I'm happy to keep slapping him down, as he does follow me around. He just doesn't seem to get it though, and I feel kind of bad about that.

Good grief, you're taking this (or yourself) waaaay too seriously. Relax, I'll back off jesting with you.

Skins were a lot thicker a few years back on the BB, not so now.

And, I was on this thread before you. Are you following me?
 

OnlyaSinner

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Honestly I’m looking for a retirement someplace warmer as I am arthritic. But to answer your question, 20 people tops and that’s Reformed type churches. As sited before, you can’t find Regular Baptists churches anymore. There is a Methodist church nearby but they are looney tunes.
Now if you want to talk Roman Catholic, there are 7 churches in a 5 mile radius.
Thanks. The reason I asked is because we have family serving in a "Bible Church" in SNJ that is 100% baptistic, but the name has been unchanged since the work was founded in 1865. I would refer to it as "high-end medium" in size, perhaps 200 for a typical Sunday morning.
 
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