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What does the baptist church claim are the origins of their beliefs and the baptist church itself?

The Baptist Church grew out of the Puritan movement, particularly in Massachusetts colony, but it also had a parallel movement in Mother England. It starts with a group of Puritans who, having been originally baptized as infants in the Anglican Communion, begin to question whether their baptisms were valid as they doubted whether the priest who conducted the ceremony was endowed by "Grace". These people opted to be baptized again as adults and came to be called "re-Baptisers" or "reBaptists." Many of these same people having chosen to take baptism went further and determined that baptism must be a willing act by someone in a state of grace, therefore infant baptism itself was determined to be invalid. By refusing to have their own children baptized they were driven from the Puritan Churches, and from Massachusetts itself, and went on to establish the First Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island.

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What bible version does the average southern baptist church prefer/use? I know all bible versions have the same message with slightly different wordings. I’m just wondering what the average southern baptist church uses. Thanks.

depends; if theyre an old-time preacher, the KJV will be all they use, no matter what.

Newer, younger pastors may use any, but the NLT and NKJV, and NIV are the most common among them

Im a Baptist myself, just really curious. From what I can tell not much at all except the Messianic Jew holds true to the festivals and traditions. And if theres not really a difference then why Baptist and not Jewish, right?

Good question…several bad answers!

There is a huge difference between the two. It’s more than just the Sabbath and the Feast Days.
As a Messianic Jew, I have recently found that there is Jewish blood in my family, I don’t follow any of the christian festivals like xmass or easter. These are totally pagan and to be avoided. I live by the Torah first and for most. Mans teachings, unless they are in line with the Torah, are just mans teachings and are useless.

The Sabbath is a vital part of it, as are the names that are used. The letter J wasn’t even invented until the 15th century! So the name of jesus can’t be the name of the Messiah.

We are different from the Jews in the sense that we don’t believe that we need to live by the Talmud and many of the other traditions of Judaism. Our congregation doesn’t have a Rabbi or a minister, we have teachers. There are many wonderful traditions that are in the Jewish community that we use in our services, but this doesn’t mean that we have a synagogue or practice Judaism like a traditional Jewish synagogue does. Does this make us wrong or right…no, just different.

Is a new member in a Baptist Church required to individually sign a pact? Most Baptist Churches have a pact but do they require their members to sign?

I am a Baptist, saved and baptist in the church I still attend. We don’t require a new member to sign a pact, only requirement to join is that the person be a born-again believer, baptized as a Baptist. No signing anything.

I am in my early 20’s and have never been baptized. I have attended mostly Baptist and Pentecostal churches most of my life and have decided I really want to get baptized. Does anybody know what’s involved and how long the process takes. Thank you.

You’ll need to get in touch with the church you’d like to be baptized in, but the pastor will generally need to determine if you are a faithful christian before you get baptized. You’ll need a basic understand of its meaning according to the denomination you’re getting baptized in, but Baptists and Pentecostals are pretty close in format. You’ll be immersed of course, and you may be asked to give a testimony. There may be a couple of weeks’ preparation required, as the pastor may need to work your information into a church bulletin.

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My girl-friend and I have decided to start attending church together. Neither of us attends church on regular bases. I was raised as a Baptist. She was raised as a Catholic. I would like to find a church that both of us would feel comfortable attending.

How about finding one that is preaching the Word of God with truth and with power.

How about attending one that you will grow spiritually, and will be challenged to live a holy life, and one filled with serving the Lord.

How about attending a church that will draw you closer to jesus Christ and will convect you of your need for a Saviour if your not already truly saved.

Those are the things you should be looking for in a church. To many churches out there are trying to make people feel comfortable, but what we need is a church that challenges us, and pushes us to new spiritual growth.

And with that, you have limited the churches that you can go to. Obviously the Catholic Church is out (will most of them), The Cult Churches like Mormon and JW’s, and christian Science, and Islam are out. Most of your Non-denominational Churches are out, and most of your Baptist Churches are out.

What your looking for is a solid fundamental, Independent, KJV only Church. Not many of them out there.

Why is the south east united states and texas predominantly Baptist? What influenced this distribution?

You will find that this is not so much an event from the far past as it is a function of the 4th Great Awakening. America has had a series of religious revivals which have been connected to social change, both influenced by and influencing the change, known as "Great Awakenings." Although these revivals have been conservative in nature, they have typically led to Liberal political change, somewhat indirectly. This [4th] Great awakening began with the social upheaval of the 1960’s, which was largely a product of liberal and progressive social changes brought about in the wake of the Great Depression and WWII. The South was a natural place to receive a large amount of religious revival, as this region was undergoing the most social transformation with the completion of the Reconstruction of the Civil War. As to why the Baptist church specifically benefit ted from this social movement in the south, my guess is that it was the most socially and technologically dynamic, while remaining the most seemingly "traditional" or conservative theologically over the course of time from the 1980’s to the present. I really don’t think it has to do with ethnicity or the evolution of the early Baptist church, but more likely with the evolution of the later Southern Baptist Association and its political connections to conservative politics.
To summarize, the SBA was adaptive to the secular social change of the 30’s -50’s by incorporating technology and moderate social change [becoming open to racial integration, accepting a moderately larger role for women in the church, etc.] while safeguarding core traditional values held by many [if not a majority] in the church [pro-Life, literal or near-literal reading of the Bible] while also deriving an image not necessarily held by all in the church of a "fire and brimstone" , exclusively Fundamentalist denomination. This super conservative image, joined with the seemingly contradictory reality of a church full of as much disagreement and argument as any large organization is, combined with an innovative use of technology and dynamic new forms of worship, makes as potent a draw on young christians as the hot new Methodist Episcopal Church was when it formed in the earlier Great Awakening.

my bf is baptist and my bff is prysbitarian so they’ve been talking about religion since its getting close to xmas, can someone tell me about both religions since i havent been to church since i wuz like 4!!! thanks aton and u cannot give to much info!!! tel me everything you know about both!

Presbyterians are Protestants who endorse Calvinism and follow John Knox’s reform of the Scottish church, and they believe that the highest office in the church is that of presbyter over individual congregations. Traditionally they endorsed covenants by which the state endorsed and established the Presbyterian church as the official religion, as in the Solemn League & Covenant of 1634.
Baptists are not traditionally considered strictly Protestants, because they had a separate origin from the Protestant churches during the Reformation, from John Smyth the Se-Baptist who baptized himself. Some Baptists are calvinist and some are not, and Baptists were the first christian group to advocate separation of church and state, and the right of freedom of religion in Europe and in America. Robert Williams, a Baptist minister exiled from Massachusetts, invited believers and non-believers of all religions to Rhode Island.

I have went to a freewill baptist church for years. My boyfriend goes to a methodist church. He invites me to go with him all the time. I would like too, but i don’t know what to expect. Can someone tell me the difference between the two? Please be as clear as possible, maybe some examples! THANKS!

The only major differences are that Methodists are a bit more Anglican–meaning simply that many believe in "consubstantiation" (that the bread and wine from the Lord’s Supper is the actual Body and Blood of Christ), whereas Baptist’s believe in a more symbolic representation. Also, Methodists "sprinkle" for baptism, whereas Baptists immerse the believer in water.There is a more liturgical (rituals) focus in Methodist faith and practice, where traditional Baptists tend to reject liturgy and sacramentalism in worship. I wouldn’t be too concerned!!