Baptists

the purple sash on the cross means change is coming one day at a time. thank be to god for keeping me close to him and keeping me clean and sober all these 28 years. no more rage. it was turned into peace. no more immorality. changed by looking with purity at all who come near me. my mind and thoughts have been changed to positive thinking and doing. thanks dad. finally living with holy boundaries that i can pass on to others. thank god for changing me into the person he always wanted me to be this many days, weeks months and years. thanks for all the people who have come into my life to help change me. especially marion who emotionally grew me up. instead of being a 15 year old in a 53 year old body. im now a 53 year old person in 53year old body. it took many years to change. i will always remember when he came down and showed his presence with such a bright light in the darkness. i was not able to open my eyes to see him. i will not forget his angry voice. that changed me that very day. thanks heavely father for all the changes ive made in these many years. love you dad. love richard

When JESUS died for our sins, the tomb and cross are no longer important because Christ arose from death on the cross and walked out of the tomb.

A woman cannot become an ordained deacon and there is no such thing as an actually ordained deaconess. In early Christianity there were deaconesses but these women were not ordained, their main role was to baptize (Baptizing especially women since the chest was anointed back then and it would have been bad for men to be assigned to baptizing women). The baptism of the deaconess was valid since lay people can validly baptize [Though it is more preferable for a deacon or priest to ordain]

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Depends on which church you are talking about. Some churches allow women to become deacons.

If you mean in the book of Psalms, there are 150. In addition to these, there are others that are not included in the Old Testament, the so-called psalm 151, 152 plus a few others. These also stem from Hebrew roots of about that time, but never found their way into the Hebrew 'songbook' the psalms.

No. Both Baptists and Anabaptists have their names deriving from the idea that they would "re-baptize" people. By 1500's it had become normative to practice the Christian rite of baptism on infants as an expression of faith of the parents.

Both Baptists and Anabaptists believed that baptism is to express the faith of the individual. Therefore, people who joined Baptist or Anabaptist groups were required to undergo "believer's baptism" even if they had been baptized as infants.

John the Baptist was described as such because his most famous role in the Bible was as the one who baptized Jesus. Even though John did practice believer's baptism, he was not a "Baptist" in the Christian sense. John's baptism was a Jewish baptism of repentance. (The English term "baptize" is simply the transliteration of a Greek word meaning to dip or immerse.) It was pre-Christian.

People question God for a number of reasons, but the main reason is when they are in pain over the loss of a loved one, or when some other form of tragedy strikes. Pain, loss, problems and stress sometimes cause people to wonder why a loving God would allow such things to happen. And they also get angry at God when bad things happen, which I feel God understands, even though the anger is misguided.

But it has also been during times like this that people have reached out and turned to God for comfort, strength and guidance. God does not "allow" such things to happen; he gave man free will, and free choice over their actions.

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That's one thing but I don't think hes explaining it perfectly either. People in time of utter sadness whether it be the death of a loved one or a terrible spot they're in, they wonder, how a god who is intervening, sit there and watch while they're in such misery, so they do one of 3 things, either question god and stop believing in him (They don't do it just because they're mad at him, they truly stop believing because they feel a god couldn't let it happen.), or they become a misotheist while being a Christian which is one who hates god or gods, or they stay Christians and live on just coping.

Now, that's not the only reason. I remember sitting in church thinking, at the beginning of time, god was there. But things that exist have to come into existence. Everything but god were created by god but god was always there. That makes zero sense. Before he comes into existence he has no power, how can he come into existence if he has no power? Things that don't exist cant effect existence because..they don't existence. So he could not have come into existence and no creator of a creator could come into existence.

Lots of people try to come up with excuses like shut up kid, or weird theories with time bending etc.

After going to Atheism because I felt the god theory can't be true, I came to think about the bible. A lot of it contains beliefs held by people at that time, if god knows all why would he lie and feed them that to put into the bible? One of those beliefs were that the sky was an ocean, the world is flat and has corners, wizards and witches should be killed, and homosexuality is immoral. Oceans in the sky defy gravity and we would have no water. World is spherical and flat at the equator. We have satellite and sonar to prove this. Magic is nonexistent and homosexuality is in nature. Animals have been gay. And its a physical attraction they have, its not something they chose, so to say it happens in nature. Undeserving of slander since they were just born that way. That's like putting everyone with blond hair in camps to work. Its not like they chose their hair color. I just felt the holes in the bible don't make sense and don't work with the beliefs of today, rather the time when it was written.

Also, the theory of evolution has been proven. Evolution doesnt claim to be the opposite of god, it has nothing to do with the creation of the universe. It just says things change over time via changing genes and specific genes being carried on more than others until the point of the other gene being non existent whether via natural selection. Its nothing to fight, its a fact. Its been proven in many ways, but evolution does poke big holes in the bible. Specifically creationism. Which is a big thing in the bible. Just wanted to clear some things up at the start.

Anyways, that's why 'I' became an atheist (Which just means I have no belief in god.). But there are many reasons why people question god. Some people get further than questioning and to non-believing. Some become agnostics which means they feel there is no proof that god exists while there is none to prove there is no god.

Google around, you'll find some nice arguments for and against god on forums between atheists and theists debating.

Although to be a disciple of Christ requires a dedication to the word of God and a change in heart, salvation is dependent on one thing. If you accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and confess with your heart and mouth you will receive salvation. Baptists also believe there is nothing that will separate you from your salvation. Living in your faith can be hard and there are many temptations that try to distract your from your service. Bless you in your quest.

Southern Baptists believe that baptism is an outward demonstration of what has already taken place inside. It is not necessary for salvation. Following Jesus in the act of baptism shows how a child of God humbles himself to his maker and has a rebirth of water and spirit.

The Amish are a stricter branch of Mennonite fellowships, which began with a separation from Alsatian Anabaptists (Swiss Brethren) in 1693, led by Jakob Ammann. In the early 1700's, a significant number of Amish , as well as other Mennonites, emigrated to Pennsylvania, in reaction to religious persecution and wars, as well as poverty. They spoke German, later to be known as Pennsylvania Dutch, and continue today in settlements in many American states and Canada.

Before his fall Satan was an angel called Lucifer.

He can be part of the leadership of the church and is usually always a help to the pastor. A deacon will therefore help with preaching, teaching, assisting elders and special needs people, as well as supervising church functions, and can also usually be found in pastor's meetings to help the pastor make decisions.

One can find an extensive list of Baptist churches in their area on the ARBCA website. ARBCA is short of Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America. They have the address of many Baptist churches throughout the country.

Buddhists do not worship any gods or people, so there is no one who leads any worship service. A Buddhists master (who might have one of a long list of titles, like Geshe, Lama, Rinpoche, etc) will lead teaching or meditation sessions.

God was called many names in the Bible. Baptist believe that god is the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. We Call him Jehovah. In many baptist Hymnals, You will find that a lot of Baptist churches singing "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" This is common song for Baptist, Methodist, AME, Presbyterian and many other denominations. Some religions would argue the fact the the christian denominations mentioned don't recognize his name. We all do, but as followers of Christ and out of respect. we call him father just as Jesus did. We believe like that God is the creator of the world and is the father and ruler of everything.

Well southern baptist is everything. :]

Yes. In fact, they are the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world (as far as growth, it goes back and forth, from AG to Church of God in Christ, as to whose the largest). Assemblies of God began around 1914.

The only difference would be that the foot-washers believe in a third ordinance. Traditional Baptists believe in only two ordinances: a one time baptism after salvation and the periodic observance of the Lord's Supper, also known as Communion.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or Mormon Church regards itself as a Christian Church, although most other Christian denominations disagree. In favour of the Mormon Church being a Christian religion is that the Church worships Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Saviour. This belief is central to Christianity. Against the Mormon Church being a Christian religion is the Mormon belief in polytheism. However, there is arguably an element of polytheism in at least some other Christian denominations.

A baptist church believes that Jesus is the Son of God and that by asking him into your heart.You don't have to pray out loud,and you don't have to be perfect,because no one is.You could have even murdered someone,but God will forgive you if you tell him you are sorry.If you ask him into your heart,you will feel a great peace.If you feel no peace,then you either did not mean it,or you have traveled so far into your disobedience that you leave no room in your heart left for God.

Abyssinian Baptist Church was created in 1808.

Adventism is not something that can occur over night, as with any other belief. First you must understand what the denomination believes in and what our doctrines are. To become a Seventh-Day Adventist you must believe that there is only 1 God as with other christian denominations. It is important as an SDA to observe the sabbath and know that this is a day devoted to God, helping you to spend time in his word (the Bible) and gain a spiritual understanding of what he wants for your life. Just building this relationship with God can help in the first stages of becoming SDA. I'd say a very important thing to do is find an SDA church to go to, where you think you will comfortable and welcomed.

The best answer would either be no one... or perhaps "Dr. Winston Crawley".

While Baptist mission work in the Philippines goes back to approximately 1899, the Southern Baptists did not begin work in the Philippines until 1941, but more as a training ground, not as a mission field. A larger group came in 1948. These were those expelled during the Maoist revolution in China. They settled in Baguio with the purpose of continuing work on Chinese language studies to prepare for their return to China.

By 1950, it was pretty clear there would be no easy return to mainland China and so mission work in the Philippines as a mission location of itself began. The first Southern Baptist church in the Philippines is Baguio Chinese Baptist Church (which is still in existence), founded in May 29, 1950. The Philippine Baptist Mission was formed about three months later.

If one was to be considered the "founder" of the Southern Baptist Church in the Philippines, it might be Dr. Winston Crawley. He was among the group of missionaries that came to the Philippines in 1948, baptized the first converts in 1950 and served as the first pastor of the first Southern Baptist church in the Philippines. The Winston Crawley Mission Center is presently located at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Baguio City, Philippines.

In most cases no, a Church of Christ member would not need to get baptized again when joining a Baptist church, as long as you were baptized after belief and not as an infant. Baptists believe that baptism is for believers and babies are too young to be believers.

I don't think anybody should be called by any title. As Jesus said: do not be called teacher or father. It's not so easy in practise though, as there are preconceived-ideas of members and pastors.