37818
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You assumed. The Baptist name is post reformation. New Testament Christainity is what is to be meant by the name Baptist. The New Testament is the basis of genuine Christanity.
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Why Baptists are not Protestant
- Thread starter Salty
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Are reformed and non Calvinist churches also then NT Christianity churches?
37818
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Infant "baptism?"
How about, Radical Christian Church?
Does that mean not NT church then?
37818
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What does that mean?
37818
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What do you think?
NO - I did NOT assume. Either they were Baptist churches or not.
Even today - there are MANY Bible believing churches that are NOT Baptists or even claim to be Baptist.
I would see them as being NT Christians!
Radical/ radix (Latin word for root)... a radical is one who moves beyond both liberal and conservative, old and new, orthodox and traditional branches of an institution and goes back to a fundamental questioning like what is God asking of us? What is it that is transformative?
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37818
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Are they New Testament churches in faith and practice?
37818
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Practicing infant "baptism?"
37818
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What is within the will of God? Or not?
Yes these are solid questions that must be asked if we are indeed Christians. I personally can not see any true church not incorporating the Holy Spirit into the church. Now I’m not saying like signs and wonders Pentecostalists, but how the HS is teaching and working to have you be a finished sanctified and changed human being.
Now if I might, Christforms is suggesting something very important here that I’d like to unpackaged... ie, do not name darkness light. Do not call (name) darkness good... sin is never good and it must not be allowed to live under any false pretenses. For example, pornography viewing is sinful because it objectifies women. The way out of it is to just stop doing it... weed it out of your mind, When we refuse to name the darkness we become trapped by it.
So our society today, and that includes churches that allow for laxity... the edges between darkness and light become very vague and when nothing is forbidden then nothing is required. And if we As Baptist’s do not police our distinctive beliefs... like allowing in only regenerated brothers & sisters, stressing only Believers Baptism, stressing scripture as vital to learning the Word of God, Saving Grace via the HS etc well we are close to loosing our place as a New Testament Church.
Yes, as that would be a second tier doctrine issue, most import is to have right Jesus and right Gospel!
37818
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Only a body of professing Christains who are genuine Christians would comprise a Holy Spirit filled church.
37818
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The New Testament is the sole Apostolic authority handed down for the genuine Christian faith and practice. So is the sole basis for any genuine claim for successionism. So unless the New Testament, its unigue teachings, aka Baptist. That "name" came out of the reformation as did the name Potestant.
The New Testament is authoritative when it comes to the Christian faith, it is the Church which is led by the Bishops which has authority. Where are your Bishops? The last I have heard you only have Pastors.
37818
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Bishop is a church superviser that oversees his fellow believers in his church, Baptists refer to them as Pastors. ". . . must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; . . . that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)"