Christian denomination

Similar to Saddleback, Southern Baptist do not do infant baptisms. Instead they call it adult baptism. During adult baptism the members are fully immersed in water. Members have a choice of whether or not to get baptized. The Southern Baptist denomination believes baptism is necessary for salvation. In addition, the book The Complete Idiot’s Guide to World Religions states that the Southern Baptist believe baptism, “is the importance of being “born again”. Baptist often see a direct,…

the Holy Trinity. Fellowship is always essentially encouraged within the walls of the church; however, many industrial churches miss the necessary fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Snyder explicitly expresses the importance of Koinonia, which means Christian fellowship or communion with God. Without true fellowship with the Holy Spirit, the church itself is not spirit filled. Communication is a key element of fellowship with one another as well as the Holy Spirit. Believers are not created to be in…

There are certainly multiple points that Paul makes throughout the book of Galatians but the main one he wanted people to see and realize is that this grace and presence of the Spirit is attained by faith not good deeds or the law. Many different denominations such as the Reformers and even the people of Catholicism believed that justification was attained by having faith. Readers also learn in this section that Justification and the gift of the…

It is the idea “firmly embodied at the heart of the Protestant revolution that all Christians have the right to interpret the Bible for themselves.” This “idea” enabled the scholars and thinkers to do an in-depth examination of the doctrines and teachings of the Roman Catholic Church in the light of Scripture. McGrath brings to light in his study the shortcomings of the teachings of Catholicism and the abuses of the clergy hierarchy which brought about the need for change. This dangerous idea…

struggle between New and Old Lights. Furthermore, the country shared different variations of a religion, with different practices and rules. Although they were all still “Christians” the dissimilarity made it even more difficult for religion and state to be bound, for there would be conflict if the state made laws for one denomination and against another. In conclusion, the Great Awakening justified the separation of church and state and made the government start to develop indifferent…

Churches Growing up, my family attended multiple churches of different denominations. My father was raised Catholic and my mother was a Lutheran. They dated for a bit in high school but neither was willing to give up their family’s religious tradition so they quickly broke up. Then, a few years after college, my parents were reunited and decided to find a church they both could support. The first church I remember attending was a Christian and Missionary Alliance church. After a few years in…

As a Christian in the twenty-first century, it is important to be open-minded and slow to judge others’ denominations and ideas about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. Personally, I grew up in a Church of Christ, although after coming to Abilene and visiting other churches I have come to realize that my home church is more like a non-denominational church than a traditional Church of Christ. Upon visiting churches in Abilene, I am a frequent member of The Well, which is a…

etc… So a healing minister should be apart of every local church. My belief in healing rose ten percent when I became a recipient of healing from an illness plagued me for over thirty years. The relationship of divine healing and the atonement Christian Theology describes atonement as the reconciliation of God and humankind through Jesus Christ. Understanding the atonement is paramount for grasping what is biblical about healing. First,…

Visiting St. Paul’s Parish Princeton For this field observation project, I chose to attend the 5pm Sunday service at St. Paul’s Parish in Princeton. Growing up in the Pentecostal tradition, I have become at home in free worship and contemporary liturgy. Most of the church’s I’ve attended in the past had many informal elements in their liturgy, designed to make new-comers feel a little less awkward and part of the church family. As a new Methodist, I have found many Methodist churches…

and post-tribulational (the rapture occurs at the end of the tribulation). A fourth view, commonly known as pre-wrath, is a slight modification of the mid-tribulational position. In eschatology, it is important to remember that almost all Christians agree on these three things: 1) there is coming a time of great tribulation such as the world has never seen, 2) after the Tribulation, Christ will return to establish His kingdom on earth, and, 3) there will be a Rapture—a translation from…