I guess the point is why join a Baptist Church if your not going to be baptized / dunked? Or why would a Baptist Church allow someone in if they don’t want to participate in their ritual?
what if someone who received infant baptism joins a Baptist church?
Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by The Angel of the South, Jul 15, 2018.
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Yes, and also saved!
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On the outside, wondering how confused people can be!
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They would be part of the true Body of Christ, regardless how baptized if saved, so why not? We only require immersed in being church members formally!
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David Kent Well-Known MemberSite SupporterThat is the main point? How do you know they tithe, do you spy on them?
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Nope, in the giving records!
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David Kent Well-Known MemberSite SupporterSame thing
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and if they give cash without useing the "envelope" system???
And how do you know what % they are giving - unless you know how much they makes.
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite SupporterYes in theory. How do you know for certain?
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite SupporterSame as parents influencing their young kids to be baptized... knowing all the time they are not prepared for it, that they probably brain washed them. I’ve seen that happen time and again. Years later they want nothing to do with the church.
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite SupporterWhy impose that stipulation... there is nothing salvic in it... it’s just a ritual.
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite SupporterWhy would you tithe if you don’t belong to it? Then why go to it if you have silly rules?
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tyndale1946 Well-Known MemberSite SupporterSteve I am glad you brought that up... This will allow me to post one of my preacherisms that I have collected over the years... I heard an Old Line Baptist preacher say... If the subject to be baptized isn't regenerated before the are immersed in the baptismal waters then go in a dry devil and come out a wet one... Brother Glen:eek:
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite SupporterYes exactly.... Satan deceives.
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David Kent Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
In our church we do not pressure members or others tp give. We don't have collocetion plates, but a box on the wall at the back labelled THE LORD'S TREASURY.
We don't have an envelope system and only the two who count the money and the treasurer will know who pay by cheque and only the treasurer will know who pays directly into the bank. It is no one elses business.
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite SupporterAs I said:
A Baptist distinctive is believer's baptism by immersion...
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Not using an envelope system - could be a problem - the IRS may not accept checks for proof of giving.
(That really is the only reason to use envelopes)
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Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known MemberSite SupporterSo you don’t question them as to why they want to get dunked? Ie you just look at as a that’s just what we do?
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tyndale1946 Well-Known MemberSite SupporterI've seen them come with uncontrollable tears rolling down their face:Cry... There is your candidate... Brother Glen:)
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David Kent Well-Known MemberSite SupporterWe have only 2 people who pay by cheque one is one of those who usually counts the money, the other is the treasurer. (I know because I used to be the treasurer until recently.) All the others for whom we can claim tax relief, pay by direct transer to our bank,
The I.R. (Inland Revenue) can ask to see our accounts after we claim, but they never have, so far.
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