Baptist Churches Turning Non-Denominational?

[malachi_a_serva]

mellysue:

Alot of Baptist churches are leaving the official Baptist Convention because the Southern Baptist convention has lately taken on some crazy ideas. Like banning Disney, or Teletubbies, or the Harry Potter books.

In my Independent Fundamental circles, they are and remain independent because the “conventions” are too liberal…not concervative enough!

 

[RobbyS]

“Each congregation is a denomination unto itself” is really the best way to put it. Some are really charismatic, some are anti-charismatic. Some preach topical sermons, some preach expository sermons (like my dad does, preaching through a book of the bible, one passage, verse, or word at a time.) Some are seeker-sensitive (sunday service made less offensive to non-christians) some are not. You could go on and on about their distinctives.

There are many kinds of baptists as well. An adherance to some definition of sola scriptura and sola fide and “believer’s baptism” would be, in my opinion, the tie that binds baptists and most non-denoms.

“Baptist” is a very broad concept. Traditionally it has meant a rejection of infant baptism and baptism by immersion and an emphasis of The Bible. Lincoln, who was something of a skeptic in early life, came from a Baptist background and his religious views were consist with Baptist teachings on certain points, although nondenominational may be a more apt desription. He never was a formal member of any church.