WHICH Is More Important To You, taht A Church Teach/preach Calvinism, or Is Baptist?

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Precisely...

The assumption of many here on the board is that there is no such thing. They are, of course, wrong.

Sojourn is Reformed in doctrine, emerging in culture, evangelistic in methodology, and gospel centered in everything. Probably unrecognizable to many traditional Baptists, but we are indeed Baptist to the core, but there is more to "Baptist" than tradition, or at least that is what many argue, right?

What is sojourn's statement of faith? I didn't see it on the site. Under "what we believe" it says only this:

God created the world. We, His creatures, rebelled. But God, in unfathomable grace, sent His Son Jesus as the sacrifice for our sins.
Through faith in Jesus Christ, we have been forgiven of our sins, welcomed as sons and daughters, and empowered by His Spirit to live lives that reflect His goodness and love. This is the gospel. This is our core passion, and the source from which all of our other desires and ministries flow.
You cannot even begin to bridge the gap between the perfect, holy God and your sinful heart except by trusting in the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. But we believe that no one ever “gets past” the gospel. The gospel is the means of our entry into the family of God and the means for our continued growth together in this family.
Sojourn’s vision is to see the gospel transform everything — our selves, our families, our church, our city and our world. From this vision flows our purpose: to be agents of gospel change and transformation in Louisville, Southern Indiana and beyond.

 

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What is sojourn's statement of faith? I didn't see it on the site. Under "what we believe" it says only this:

God created the world. We, His creatures, rebelled. But God, in unfathomable grace, sent His Son Jesus as the sacrifice for our sins.
Through faith in Jesus Christ, we have been forgiven of our sins, welcomed as sons and daughters, and empowered by His Spirit to live lives that reflect His goodness and love. This is the gospel. This is our core passion, and the source from which all of our other desires and ministries flow.
You cannot even begin to bridge the gap between the perfect, holy God and your sinful heart except by trusting in the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. But we believe that no one ever “gets past” the gospel. The gospel is the means of our entry into the family of God and the means for our continued growth together in this family.
Sojourn’s vision is to see the gospel transform everything — our selves, our families, our church, our city and our world. From this vision flows our purpose: to be agents of gospel change and transformation in Louisville, Southern Indiana and beyond.

That is a very brief front web page explanation of our more detailed response.

Here, for instance, is our membership covenant:

http://sojournchurch.com/wp-content/uploads/Covenant-Constitution-9.7.2010.pdf