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  1. David Kent

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    Hi my name is David and I live in Kent in the south east of England. I am a member of a small reformed Evangelical Church.
     
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    Welcome to the Baptist Board forums. Is your church baptistic in faith and practice?
     
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    Nice to have someone from the Home Counties.
     
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    Howdy David! Welcome aboard!
     
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  5. David Kent

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    We are Evangelical Church that practice Baptism on confession of faith, by immersion.
     
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    Great. I consider the word "baptist" to be a doctrinal definition rather than a denominational name. And you seem to fit that definition.

    I will check with the other Admins but I, for one, would not have a problem with you posting in the "Baptist Only" sections of the forum. :)
     
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  7. Martin Marprelate

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    Welcome to the Baptist Board, David.
    It's good to have another Brit on board. I live in Devon.
     
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  8. Squire Robertsson

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    Ah, yes, the border county which protects Cornwall from the barbarians to the North.
     
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    Or the county that protects the rest of Britain from the barbarians to the West! :Laugh
     
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    Hey! Hey! We Irish are not all that barbaric. Well, not as much as we used to be. Okay, maybe just a little. Okay, okay, a lot. Okay, okay, we're still barbarians. And we like it! :Tongue:Tongue:Tongue
     
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    Oh, I dream of visiting England some day. My forebears hail from Sussex, from what I can tell.
     
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    Tom, in this exchange the Irish are the papists across the sea. We, Cornish, are more worried about the barbarians from the Home Counties.
     
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    Last year we had discussions withth local Grace Baptist Association about joining them and we consulted our members but one family objected, so we put it off, for the sake of unity. We had a spilt a few years ago and don't want to cause another split, but the decision is only delatyed, not cancelled. We are at presnt looking for a pastor. Many of the visiting preachers we have are from Baptist churches, most from Garce Churches. We have a retired Grace Baptist pastor and his wife as membrs and they have become very active members. Our last pastor was also from a Grace Baptist Church.
     
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    I heard all from Devon, England were not called Brits. I heard they were called Brats. :) ;) :p
     
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    Welcome to BB. Which confession...if any...does your church use?
     
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    I would have you know that Devon is the only English county that rhymes with 'heaven.' :D
    You chaps will have to come and see for yourselves.
     
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    I live in the great state of West Virginia. We have a motto...West Virginia, almost heaven. That's a lie. :(
     
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    For the benefit of those across the Pond, most Baptist churches in the UK belong to the apostate Baptist Union (the one Spurgeon left 120 years ago). The Grace Baptist Association churches generally adhere to the 1689 Confession.

    There is a via media for Baptist churches, which is the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, which has its own Statement of Faith, rather less detailed than the 1689.
     
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    I've found that state mottos are often....shall we say....optimistic?

    I live in Arkansas. It used to have a slogan (not an official motto, per se) as "The Land of Opportunity." I'm not sure why the change was made, but it's now "The Natural State." At least the newer one is more honest. The first was just plain a joke.
     
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    Via media? Less detailed? Well that's a nice way to put it:


    FIEC National Director John Stevens:

    http://www.john-stevens.com/2012/07/fiec-news-beginning-to-deliver.html

    "FIEC was founded on a non-sectarian basis to embrace churches irrespective of their position regarding baptism, and we were never meant to be a Baptist association."

    "some practice infant baptism as well as believers’ baptism"


    FIEC's "rather less detailed" Statement of Faith on baptism:

    https://fiec.org.uk/about-us/beliefs

    "8. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
    Baptism and the Lord’s Supper have been given to the churches by Christ as visible signs of the gospel. Baptism is a symbol of union with Christ and entry into his Church but does not impart spiritual life. The Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of Christ’s sacrifice offered once for all and involves no change in the bread and wine. All its blessings are received by faith."
     
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