UCMBCC

Smells like the joining together of the parts of churches that have fallen apart for lack of conviction that are unwilling to give up the label that they no longer understand or have real connection to. I would be willing to put up a doughnut and a cup of coffee that it is run by Free Mansions.

 

Bro Dallas:

I wonder if it isn't just two congregations that have shared the same building and have finally decided to amalgamate.

There is a history of churches here in MO back many many years ago where the Methodists and Baptists shared the building. There wasn't much difference in these groups. I don't know what kind of Methodist they would be classfied as, though.

I've heard of a group called Primitive Methodist, but I don't know if that's what they would be. Just a thought.

 

Methodist can be a way of doing church, not just a denomination. It is not that unusal to see baptists and church of christ together. Especially in the more progressive congregations

 

A teacher that I work with spoke of these set ups when she was growing up. She said that it was basically the same congregation but a different preacher would preach to them.

Usually, one side would "buy out" the other.

 

Agree with some, sounds what is called in these parts a "Union Church." Or more properly a "Union Meeting House." The church I am a member of meets in a building that was once a "Union Meeting House" in that at one time Presbyterians, Old School Baptists, Methodists, and Episcopalians all used the same building, on different weekends. The Presbyterians and Episcopal congregations died out, and the Methodists built their own building many years ago, leaving us with this property exclusively.

 

What would you call our church?

We are meeting in the building of a Primitive Baptist church with whom we are not in fellowship.

Are we a Primitive Baptist Primitive Baptist Church?

 

There are still a couple meeting houses, used this way a couple counties over, I believe.

Frogman, I'm interested in finding out what the purpose of their name is for, if you get the chance.

 

Well, it seems that the UM that I have attended to date are well clad with the FM and they all seem to hold the line of power for the organization by money and position. I have seen the same face in the SBC. The presence of the FM in membership of any Church is a move to Universalism and Pagan worship. The connection of the UM and Baptist ‘fill in the blank’ further points to a universalism that is a tradition of rejection of the Holy Bible. I will have to find a good way to get the coffee -n- doughnuts to you.