Baptist Distinctives

[Copper]

Does YOUR church hold to the Baptist Distinctives?

 

[dcorbett]

absolutely.

 

[Ben W]

ditto!

 

[Copper]

Wow - what a chatty group we got here.

 

[dcorbett]

(laughing) that's cause we're in a hurry to get out and witness!!

 

[Ed Edwards]

Just to clarify, delineate the
"Baptist Distinctives". Thank you.

My local Baptist Church, being Fundamentalist
holds to the traditional fundamentals
of fundamentalism:

1. the inspiration and infallibility of scripture
2. the deity of Christ (including His virgin birth)
3. the substitutionary atonement of Christ's death
4. the literal resurrrection of Christ from the dead
5. the literal return of Christ in the Second Advent

Note that this also makes a good "plan
of salvation" for door to door

 

[Copper]

Originally posted by dcorbett:
(laughing) that's cause we're in a hurry to get out and witness!!

If THAT's what you're doing - wait for me!

 

[Copper]

Originally posted by Ed Edwards:

Just to clarify, delineate the
"Baptist Distinctives". Thank you.

Hi Ed,

Here they are. The Baptist Distinctives can be remembered by associating them with the letters that comprise the word "BAPTISTS."

B - Biblical Authority
A - Autonomy of the Local Church
P - Priesthood of the Believer
T - Two Ordinances
I - Individual Soul Liberty
S - Saved, Baptized Church Membership
T - Two Offices
S - Separation of Church and State

Blessings,
Copper

 

[dcorbett]

yep, Pastor did a series of Wed night sermons/lessons on the Baptist Distinctives, and you got 'em listed just fine. He also pointed out that separation of church and state was meant to keep the STATE out of the CHURCH, not the other way around.

 

[Copper]

Originally posted by dcorbett:
yep, Pastor did a series of Wed night sermons/lessons on the Baptist Distinctives, and you got 'em listed just fine. He also pointed out that separation of church and state was meant to keep the STATE out of the CHURCH, not the other way around.

Amen! It was the Baptists who fought for the separation of church and state because of the Biblical grounds for it.

 

[Craigbythesea]

Originally posted by Copper:
Does YOUR church hold to the Baptist Distinctives?

More or less

, depending on the individual distinctive and how convenient it is to hold to it at the moment .

 

[mioque]

The position of my church on the fundamentals.

1. the inspiration and infallibility of scripture
Yes
2. the deity of Christ (including His virgin birth)
Yes
3. the substitutionary atonement of Christ's death
Yes
4. the literal resurrrection of Christ from the dead
Yes
5. the literal return of Christ in the Second Advent
Yes

And on the baptist distinctives.

B - Biblical Authority
Yes
A - Autonomy of the Local Church
Yes
P - Priesthood of the Believer
Yes
T - Two Ordinances
Yes. Most churchmembers (including me) usually refer to them as sacraments instead of the Ordinances, which is theologically a big no no, but the correct Dutch word 'instelling' simply doesn't sound right. So we use the other word and ignore the implications of that term.
I - Individual Soul Liberty
Yes
S - Saved, Baptized Church Membership
Yes
T - Two Offices
We've got 3. Elder, Deacon, Pastor. The first members of our church were all Dutch Reformed and they simply copied that way of doing things when they started my church.
S - Separation of Church and State
Yes

 

[Soulman]

Yes we do!

 

[Copper]

Originally posted by Soulman:
Yes we do!

Praise the Lord.

Not too many churches do and it seems that even less of their flocks even know what the Baptist Distinctives are.

Nice to meet you.

 

[Artimaeus]

We dropped off the "Seperation of Church and State" phrase because of the overwhelming modification to the concept as presented by the world, media, Satan, gullible christians, and just plain stupid people. We kept the idea of not having a church try to take over the government and the government not taking over the church but wanted to make sure no one was of the impression that we thought all reference to God, Christ, and the Bible are to be removed from public expression.