1. Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

If you were not Baptist, ...

Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by ntchristian, Jun 20, 2021.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
Top Posters
Page 1 of 7
  1. ntchristian

    ntchristian Active Member

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2019
    Messages:
    474
    Likes Received:
    94
    Faith:
    Non Baptist Christian
    what do you think you would be? I thought this might be an interesting discussion, partly fun and partly serious. I asked myself this back when I was Orthodox but before I began an earnest quest for the NT church, assuming in my younger years that the EOC was the original church established by Jesus and the apostles, as I had been taught. My answer for myself at that time was conservative Anglican.

    So, I'll be very interested in seeing your answers.
     
    #1 ntchristian, Jun 20, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
  2. JonC

    JonC Moderator
    Moderator

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2001
    Messages:
    33,502
    Likes Received:
    3,568
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Anabaptist.
     
    #2 JonC, Jun 20, 2021
    • Winner Winner x 1
  3. rlvaughn

    rlvaughn Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 20, 2001
    Messages:
    10,544
    Likes Received:
    1,558
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Ashamed. :Biggrin
     
    #3 rlvaughn, Jun 20, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
    • Winner Winner x 1
    • Funny Funny x 1
  4. ntchristian

    ntchristian Active Member

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2019
    Messages:
    474
    Likes Received:
    94
    Faith:
    Non Baptist Christian
    I knew someone would say that. :)
     
    #4 ntchristian, Jun 20, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
  5. ntchristian

    ntchristian Active Member

    Joined:
    Nov 16, 2019
    Messages:
    474
    Likes Received:
    94
    Faith:
    Non Baptist Christian
    Could you be more specific? Mennonite? Brethren? Other? Thanks!
     
    #5 ntchristian, Jun 20, 2021
  6. 37818

    37818 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2018
    Messages:
    16,101
    Likes Received:
    1,244
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Would not have became a NT Christian.
     
    #6 37818, Jun 20, 2021
    • Agree Agree x 1
  7. JonC

    JonC Moderator
    Moderator

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2001
    Messages:
    33,502
    Likes Received:
    3,568
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Mennonite.
     
    #7 JonC, Jun 20, 2021
  8. AustinC

    AustinC Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 29, 2020
    Messages:
    10,911
    Likes Received:
    1,458
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Which version of Mennonite? There are multiple flavors. Mennonite Brethren are perhaps the closest to Arminian Baptists.
     
    #8 AustinC, Jun 20, 2021
  9. Will7

    Will7 New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 17, 2021
    Messages:
    26
    Likes Received:
    3
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I would probably be church of Christ because that's where I went before going to the independent baptist church I ended up at.
     
    #9 Will7, Jun 20, 2021
  10. AustinC

    AustinC Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 29, 2020
    Messages:
    10,911
    Likes Received:
    1,458
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I could worship in the Presbyterian Church in America. While they practice infant baptism, they still consider the children to be reprobate sinners until there is an observed confession of faith and life of grace confirming that confession.
     
    #10 AustinC, Jun 20, 2021
  11. JonC

    JonC Moderator
    Moderator

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2001
    Messages:
    33,502
    Likes Received:
    3,568
    Faith:
    Baptist
    No particular version. I would disagree with Arminianism (and some other distinctive doctrines), which is why I am not Anabaptist. But I appreciate Anabaptist theology (and several of their theologians) in several areas.

    That said, I would have to know more about their Arminian views (as their atonement views are so different from traditional Arminianism). That is a topic I have not devoted enough time to explore I guess.
     
    #11 JonC, Jun 20, 2021
  12. 37818

    37818 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2018
    Messages:
    16,101
    Likes Received:
    1,244
    Faith:
    Baptist
    There is the genuine NT Christianity and there are the counterfeit, 2 Corinthians 11:4, "For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him."
     
    #12 37818, Jun 20, 2021
  13. Salty

    Salty 20,000 Posts Club
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Apr 8, 2003
    Messages:
    38,982
    Likes Received:
    2,615
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Not with Baptismal regeneration


    I could go along with Austin.
     
    #13 Salty, Jun 21, 2021
  14. Yeshua1

    Yeshua1 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2012
    Messages:
    52,624
    Likes Received:
    2,742
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I would go to the one of the presbie churches that do hold to premil!
     
    #14 Yeshua1, Jun 21, 2021
    • Like Like x 1
  15. Salty

    Salty 20,000 Posts Club
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Apr 8, 2003
    Messages:
    38,982
    Likes Received:
    2,615
    Faith:
    Baptist
    #15 Salty, Jun 21, 2021
  16. thomas15

    thomas15 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 3, 2007
    Messages:
    1,744
    Likes Received:
    34
    Faith:
    Baptist
    I was saved in a Presbyterian church. Have been in Wesleyan, Lutheran, Calvary Chapel and Evangelical Free. I consider Calvary Chapel and Evangelical Free to be baptistic. The only one I would go out of my way to avoid is Lutheran. I have come to the point in my life where I accept that no church is perfect and it is up to me to have my personal theology based on the Bible. I would cringe when there is a infant baptism or sprinkle even with adults but if that was the best I could find I would live with it. A friend goes to a Bible Fellowship church that seems solid.

    But I'm Baptist for a reason, for what I consider really good reasons but some of the wide range of beliefs/practices within Baptists are just as bad as some of the other traditions from my prospective.
     
    #16 thomas15, Jun 22, 2021
  17. Yeshua1

    Yeshua1 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2012
    Messages:
    52,624
    Likes Received:
    2,742
    Faith:
    Baptist
    IF one was not a Calvinist, Evangelical free Church would be the way to go!
     
    #17 Yeshua1, Jun 22, 2021
  18. Walter

    Walter Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 20, 2011
    Messages:
    2,518
    Likes Received:
    142
    Faith:
    Non Baptist Christian
    I guess you mean like the LGBTQIA+ affirming Mennonites??? So many of them are now.

    The Rise of LGBTQ Mennonite Leaders
     
    #18 Walter, Jun 23, 2021
  19. JonC

    JonC Moderator
    Moderator

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2001
    Messages:
    33,502
    Likes Received:
    3,568
    Faith:
    Baptist
    No. Like many who would be Catholic do not mean LGBTQIA+ affirming Catholics (I know many Catholics who are, but just as many who are not).
     
    #19 JonC, Jun 23, 2021
  20. Walter

    Walter Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 20, 2011
    Messages:
    2,518
    Likes Received:
    142
    Faith:
    Non Baptist Christian
    However, what 'some nominal Catholics believe' is not what the Church teaches. Many Mennonite churches teach that LGBTQIA+ is 'A-OK'. It is part of their churches teachings.

    Does not matter what individual Catholics or even priests, deacons, bishops, etc believe. What the Catholic Church ACTUALLY teaches (Catechism) is what matters. Mennonites churches (just like Baptists) are all over the place in their beliefs. Here is a biggy, can you lose your salvation (as a Mennonite or Baptist) or can't you? I know that most Mennonites/Amish/Hutterite and other Anabaptist believe you can lose your salvation.
     
    #20 Walter, Jun 23, 2021
    Last edited: Jun 23, 2021
Page 1 of 7
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
Loading...