Can any one tell me about a group calling them self

[Bill_Pick]

anon-denoimnational Chruch,What do they believe do they believe in the trinity, Will some one just say what it is they believe I know we have some on this board,Thank You and may God bless You

 

[christopherdere]

Please try to search on Google. I am sure you will get plenty of relevant results. If I found any information I will surly share that info with you.

 

[Bill_Pick]

Thank You

 

[Monica4316]

I used to be non denominational, essentially it’s just like evangelical Protestant… theology is very similar to the Baptists. Worship might be more charismatic though depending on the church. It varies.

 

[thegreypiper]

Non-denominational will also mean that they are independent and not part of any larger supervising body. Theologically and practically it means they are pretty much ‘open buffet’, you can believe just about anything within a vaguely Trinitarian/Protestant outline. Communion is “Wonder & Welch’s” (Wonder Bread and Welch’s Grape Juice), but you can take it as purely symbolic or as some sort of mystical Presence and no-one will complain. Likewise, you can bring in a baby to be baptised, but there will be those in the congregation who believe only adults should be baptised, etc. It is probably inaccurate and misleading (to yourself, I mean) to think of ‘them’ as a ‘group’. There are many independent and/or non-dnominational churches, but by no means are they a coherent entity.

 

[Bill_Pick]

Thank You for the info, not many answers,may be we have less here. Most odf the ND are coming out of Bapsi church,Here any way

 

[Contarini]

anon-denoimnational Chruch,What do they believe do they believe in the trinity, Will some one just say what it is they believe I know we have some on this board,Thank You and may God bless You

By definition a “non-denominational” church is claiming not to be part of a larger, organized “group.” This can be misleading, because some “nondenominational” churches are part of fairly well-defined movements. For instance, the “Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ” often call themselves non-denominational. This is true in the sense that they don’t have a denominational hierarchy over the local church, but they do have an association of local churches with a heritage going back to the “Restoration” movement of the 19th century.

But you can’t generalize very well about non-denominational churches. Probably most of them are either Baptist or charismatic in theological orientation. Almost all of them are strongly evangelical, and obviously they are going to have a congregational view of church polity. But you get various kinds of non-denominational churches–there are Calvinist non-denominational churches, for instance, and even a few that have elements of Anglican liturgy.

Edwin

 

[bpbasilphx]

There’s no such thing as a non-denominational church.

An independent church might be a denomination of just one congregation, but more likely it will be found to slip nicely into one of the already existing denominations.

Most of them were founded by someone saying, “Now we’re going to have a REAL New Testament church with ME as the head.”

 

[imjustme]

anon-denoimnational Chruch,What do they believe do they believe in the trinity, Will some one just say what it is they believe I know we have some on this board,Thank You and may God bless You

Hi Bill,
I attend a non-denominational church called Calvary Chapel. Yes, we do believe in the Trinity.

I found this website by Calvary Chapel University that lists the Statement of Faith.

calvarychapeluniversity.com/pages/Employment/DoctrinalStatementOfFaith.htm

Feel free to ask if you have any questions. I would be glad to answer any questions you might have (to the best of my ability).

 

[thegreypiper]

Regarding the previous post and Calvary Chapel, bear in mind that that is true only for that particular congregation.

Other ‘non-denominational’ churches may be much more open-ended in their beliefs, even encouraging a variety of individual beliefs, and presenting themselves deliberately as a place that brings people with different ideas together.

 

[Bill_Pick]

Hi Bill,
I attend a non-denominational church called Calvary Chapel. Yes, we do believe in the Trinity.

I found this website by Calvary Chapel University that lists the Statement of Faith.

calvarychapeluniversity.com/pages/Employment/DoctrinalStatementOfFaith.htm

Feel free to ask if you have any questions. I would be glad to answer any questions you might have (to the best of my ability).

Thank You for your answer and Your time just one question do all non-denomination teach the same dortrine or can they teach just what the preacher has to preach and did most of them come from a Baptism back ground

 

[imjustme]

Thank You for your answer and Your time just one question do all non-denomination teach the same dortrine or can they teach just what the preacher has to preach and did most of them come from a Baptism back ground

I don’t know what other non denominational churches teach. This is the first one I’ve attended and before that, I was Roman Catholic.

The idea of non-denominational is that there is no formal denomination. We are Christians as were the first people that followed Jesus Christ. We read and follow the bible as our ultimate authority.

As Monica said earlier, the theology is very similar to the Baptists. In fact, my son is Baptist and goes to church in another town and sometimes when I visit him or he visits me, we attend eachother’s church and they are pretty much the same.

Our Sunday service comprises of worship (singing praises to God and Jesus) and bible study. The pastor reads a passage from the bible and explains it - next week, he picks up where he left off in the bible and keeps going - no jumping around.

It would be interesting to know what other non-denoms believe…maybe I’ll post that question in the forum at some point. My guess is that we are similar.

 

[imjustme]

Regarding the previous post and Calvary Chapel, bear in mind that that is true only for that particular congregation.

Other ‘non-denominational’ churches may be much more open-ended in their beliefs, even encouraging a variety of individual beliefs, and presenting themselves deliberately as a place that brings people with different ideas together.

I would not be surprised if other non-denominational churches were different because that is what it means to not follow a particular denomination but I am not aware of any non-denominational churches that are open-ended or encouraging a variety of beliefs. Can you provide any links to some of their statements of faith? Thanks.

 

[Bill_Pick]

Well I may have said are not but My daughter is a member of a ND church and she join because she and her husband did not get a long with the preacher so anoth preacher was leaving this Baptist church and he was taking about 36 with him so they jump ship, does not see much faith in that but then again it was not me. Thanks again and have a good Sunday and Mat Our Lord bless you and Your

 

[losh14]

anon-denoimnational Chruch,What do they believe do they believe in the trinity, Will some one just say what it is they believe I know we have some on this board,Thank You and may God bless You

Non-denominational churches are like churches who call themselves “Christian” without any qualifier (ie, there’s no “Disciples of Christ” at the bottom of the sign outside, etc). The sole statement is that they don’t belong to a specific denomination.

I’ve attended several with friends (usually in return for their coming to Mass once with me) and I think you really have to inquire specifically of the church to learn how they understand Christianity. Yes, they will say they follow the Bible alone, but how they interpret the Bible may differe from other non-denom churches. I’ve also found that they are denominational in the sense of affiliation (ie, affiliate with ELCA or Four Square) but not in the sense of hierarchy (as you find in the Lutheran Synods).

If you don’t find a satisfying statement of faith (ie, Westminster Confession or Augsburg Confession) or statement of ecclesial practice, you can surmise some things by looking at where the pastor got his or her education, ie Dallas Theological will emphasize dispensationalist thought, etc.

Lastly, there’s a great deal of nuance when talking about theology. If a church says “We believe in the Trinity” ask what they mean by that - I thought I was having one conversation with a classmate in college about the Trinity, and then he told me that the Trinity meant that “God is present differently in different ages - the Father for the Jews, the Son for the Apostles, and the Holy Spirit for Christians in the final age. Therefore, we should only pray to the Holy Spirit because the other two are hidden from us now.”

I hope you find everything you’re seeking.