Reflection Of Baptistism And Baptists

As a “cradle Methodist,” the standards and theological tasks mentioned in Part III of the Discipline are ingrained in how I understand and apply my faith. These aspects of the United Methodist tradition have been a foundation from which I have grown during my formative years. Although I have not always been able to articulate these beliefs, I have learned the power in living them in addition to teaching them. I believe that much of the affirming, teaching, and applying of our standards and theological task that I do in my ministry is out of this same foundation that was formative to my faith. It informs how I preach, the lead Bible studies I lead, how I lead youth group, and my interactions with congregants and the community.

The American Baptist Movement came from England in the 17th century, after the Baptists were persecuted by the Church of England for being dissenting separatists. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, new members were converted and congregations were formed by Baptist preachers who traveled throughout the South, in particular during the eras of the First and Second Great Awakenings.

Do you ever wonder why there are so many religions that stem from one bible? Well I do! I chose two religions, Baptist and Apostolic, and read the scriptures in the bible pertaining on what their religion is based, and where in the Bible these differences come from. Astonishingly, there are minute differences that have a drastic effect on believers. These differences are manifest through, baptism, trinities, apparel, salvation, and conduct.

Baptists offer prayer to God through Christ during the service and reject the practice of praying to Mary and the saints. The services are not nearly as laid out and ordered, with much less participation by the church members during the service. .

When I was around five or six years old, my family was stationed in El Paso, Texas after my dad came back from overseas. The church that my family attended every Sunday was the Church of God and Christ. The Church of God and Christ is where southerners say all of the “holy-rollers” attended or the overzealous Christians attended. My parents were not really holy-rollers themselves, but we attended this church because my dad wanted my family to attend to gain a sense of God and know about Christianity because he always attended church as a child while he was growing up in Mississippi and that helped him as he developed. He wanted my mother, sister, and I to be exposed to Christianity as well, especially my mom since she did not really attend church during her childhood.

The Making of the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message. A. J. Smith Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008.

Baptists are believers with profound beliefs in the authority of the Old and New Testaments. In order to teach and defend the faith, Baptist churches and associations adopted doctrinal commitments and core beliefs through the Baptist Faith and Message (BF&M). The Statement were derived from the New Hampshire Confession of Faith of 1883, but was revised to meet the needs of Baptists. The BF&M statements were considered merely a confession of the Baptists’ beliefs and not meant to be a creed.

Nathanael is one of the most dubious, mysterious and hazy characters out of every one of the twelve apostles. When looking through the literature available one must find his or her focus on the Gospel according to John in Chapter 1:43-51. It is safe to say that we were only given one vivid story to put some flesh to the personality of Nathanael. This is very different from the other apostles, be it they have very

The competition between denominations has taken away from the glorification of Jesus Christ. This also has lead people to think that denominations cause a division among Christians. When a denomination does not align with the Word of God and removes or inserts other implications to the written Word, it dilutes the authentic meaning of the Holy Bible. In having confidence that God composed every single word in the Holy Bible, I believe it is important to adhere to and believe in the Holy Bible in its entirety. The Southern Baptist denomination believes in the entire Bible, in the manner in which it was written, and promotes its members to live so

• We must follow the Old Testament Laws that are also shown in the New Testament. VII. How did your experiences shape your understanding of and relationship with God? • The experiences that shaped my understanding and relationship with God was when God let me know that, I was the chosen one to help make disciples of the nation by utilizing my spiritual gifts and talents that God bestowed to me. The Lord blessed me thus, I can be a blessing to others.

Baptists are one of the largest Protestant Christian Denominations. A vast majority of Baptist churches do follow the basic Baptist doctrines with emphasis on the belief that baptism should occur through immersion. This belief is the main contributor to their identity and therefore is the reason why they are called Baptists. Many groups of baptist emerged after the 17th century with many beliefs such as the atonement of Jesus as he died on the cross. They have different beliefs and founders as well as different regions of the world. As centuries go by the Baptist church expanded to different parts of the world and is the second largest religious group in the Christian faith after the Catholic Church. The Baptist origin and founders, their structure

Within my own family, there were different doctrines. My great-grandmother was Pentecostal, my grandmother is a Baptist and my mother is an Atheist. While everyone seemed to have different belief systems, I participated in them all. I had to learn to adapt to each religious institution. In one church I was allowed to wear pants and women could also be pastors; whereas, in another, women could only wear full length dresses and were not allowed in the pulpit.

I jumped at the opportunity to complete the extra credit assignment because of the topic. I have always wanted to attend an African American Baptist Church. I was raised Catholic in a predominantly white community and for the chance to experience something different was appealing. I’ve seen the stereotypes in movies and on TV about what an African American Baptist church looks like but I wanted to experience it myself. I wasn’t sure on what to expect but kept an open mind about the situation.

In Baptist history there has always been differences in doctrine. This has unfortunately resulted, at times, to separate believers from one another. This can be evident from comparing two American Baptist confessions. The most notable difference in doctrine between The Philadelphia Confession of 1742 and A Treatise on the Faith of the Free Will Baptists, 1834 and 1948 is the doctrine of Calvinism versus free-will. The Philadelphia Confession supported Calvinism and the Free Will Baptists supported Arminianism. A closer look at these two confessions show that throughout Baptist history certain doctrines remain constant while others are debated and cause separation of believers. However, this has not stopped the Gospel message to be preached

If anything, I was some sort of non-practicing protestant. Went to church a few times as a kid, then mostly weddings and funerals as an adult. My views on issues such as faith and sin and whatever were vague at best. I suppose you could say I was… apatheistic? But I learned enough about end-time prophecy from movies and books that, when events began to unfold, it was pretty clear what was going on, even to a heathen like me.