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Its not a calvinist forum. There are only one or two that claim to be actual arminians. It appears you might hold to the idea that if you are not a calvie then you are an arminian. Such is not true.
From what I've seen in the short time that I have been here, there are few of us "Calvinistic" Baptists who post here.I realized that this is a Calvinist forum, but it's interesting to know how many Arminians are here?
Have fun in your America live. Intriguing. I see in the creation of creeds the imagination is not limited to you.From what I've seen in the short time that I have been here, there are few of us "Calvinistic" Baptists who post here.
Those denominations include "Primitive Baptists", "Missionary Baptists", "Sovereign Grace Baptists", and "Reformed Baptists".
As I see it, this forum is essentially composed of " Traditionalist / Provisionist" Baptists ( those who believe what's often called "evangelicalism" here in America ) in its membership:
http://storage.cloversites.com/makinglifecountministriesinc/documents/Calvinism vs Arminianism vs Evangelicalism.pdf
In other words, most of the people that I see regularly posting here are of the belief that God offers salvation to everyone,
and those who choose to believe the Gospel are saved at point-of-belief and kept by the power of God ( Eternal Security ).
Denominations that teach this in the United States include most Baptist churches in general, "Independent Baptist" / "Independent, Fundamental Baptist", "Evangelical Free" churches and many non-denominational churches.
The last time I looked, the Southern Baptist Convention included a few "Calvinistic" Baptist churches,
but the majority also hold to what is described above in "Traditionalism" / "Provisionism".
"Arminian" Baptists in America ( and several other countries ) that hold to loss of salvation, for example, are generally called "Free Will Baptists".
Other denominations that agree with and teach similarly to them include "Anabaptists" ( especially in Canada ) and "Churches of Christ" who also baptize by full immersion but agree with all that John Wesley taught about salvation.
I hope that you find this helpful.
The fact of the matter is that I am just a Christian from the Church of Evangelical Christians-Baptists, and I understand this well, but I was wondering how many Arminians there are, if I actually communicated with the Calvinists myself.
By the way, who are you? Calvinist or Arminian?