What exact sect does people that attend "Gospel Hall" belong to? I know they are protestant, but that's just about how much I know about them.

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I have a friend who is a protestant and attends “Gospel Hall”. Shes a great person but sometimes she throws critiques about my Catholic Faith. Like “Why do you do works to earn salvation?” or “Why abstain from certain meats?” Or “The Bible if its not in the Bible then there is no need to do it.” Or stuff like “I know I’m in the right faith because we do everything that the Bible does and only that so I know our teachings are right.” Sometimes I stumble on having a reply to these kind of remarks. Even though I have now a better knowledge of the Bible but not as much as I would like to, to not prove to her but to help her understand what the real message is in the Bible and that what Jesus really wants us to do is to do Gods Will. Any suggestons on how to better myself and prepare myself to answer to these kinds of questions?
 
I would assume one of the Pentecostal groups.
Sounds like a Oneness Pentecostal Church to me.
They are not Trinitarian and in many points quite similar to Jehovah’s Wittnesses.
It’s difficult (even for Trinitarian Pentecostals or Baptists) to talk to them about faith.

Found a link for you, GabyLopz1: gospelhall.org

I am not sure if they are really Oneness Pentecostal or not.
Judge yourself! 🙂
 
I have a friend who is a protestant and attends “Gospel Hall”. Shes a great person but sometimes she throws critiques about my Catholic Faith. Like “Why do you do works to earn salvation?” or “Why abstain from certain meats?” Or “The Bible if its not in the Bible then there is no need to do it.” Or stuff like “I know I’m in the right faith because we do everything that the Bible does and only that so I know our teachings are right.” Sometimes I stumble on having a reply to these kind of remarks. Even though I have now a better knowledge of the Bible but not as much as I would like to, to not prove to her but to help her understand what the real message is in the Bible and that what Jesus really wants us to do is to do Gods Will. Any suggestons on how to better myself and prepare myself to answer to these kinds of questions?
It sounds like she is throwing out the usual old canards about Catholicism.

The book “Catholicism and Fundamentalism” by Karl Keating answers them. You can also go to www.catholic.com and will get articles about various topics that Protestants try and discuss with Catholics.

Also pray to the Holy Spirit before talking with her.
 
Are you sure you’re not thinking about a Kingdom Hall? That would be the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
 
Are you sure you’re not thinking about a Kingdom Hall? That would be the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
No, I am quite sure the OP is sure that it’s not the Kingdom Hall. Because I’ve found a link (see my previous post) where it says that there is also a Gospel Hall.
Another poster and I assume that we are talking about (Oneness) Pentecostals.
 
No, I am quite sure the OP is sure that it’s not the Kingdom Hall. Because I’ve found a link (see my previous post) where it says that there is also a Gospel Hall.
Another poster and I assume that we are talking about (Oneness) Pentecostals.
If you take the time and read the FAQs on the website you liked to you will see that they are also called Plymouth Brethren.

Here is a like to the wikipedia article on the Plymouth Brethren.

Plymouth Brethren

There are also other links if you read through the various FAQs on the Gospel Hall website found at this link, FAQs.
 
I have a friend who is a protestant and attends “Gospel Hall”. Shes a great person but sometimes she throws critiques about my Catholic Faith. Like “Why do you do works to earn salvation?” or “Why abstain from certain meats?” Or “The Bible if its not in the Bible then there is no need to do it.” Or stuff like “I know I’m in the right faith because we do everything that the Bible does and only that so I know our teachings are right.” Sometimes I stumble on having a reply to these kind of remarks. Even though I have now a better knowledge of the Bible but not as much as I would like to, to not prove to her but to help her understand what the real message is in the Bible and that what Jesus really wants us to do is to do Gods Will. Any suggestons on how to better myself and prepare myself to answer to these kinds of questions?
I’m familiar with the term in the British context–I’ve never encountered it in America, but your profile says you live in California. In Britain, the term is associated with the Plymouth Brethren, although in my experience it may refer to nondenominational communities that are influenced by broadly PB theology without being hardline PB. Since the PBs are much less common in the U.S. (they are central to British fundamentalism in much the way that Independent Baptists are in the American South), I would expect the term to be more narrowly associated with “real” PBs here.

Essentially, ,what you are dealing with is dispensationalist fundamentalism. However, there are some differences from the more typical American versions of fundamentalism.
  1. Plurality of leadership. “Gospel Halls” have a radical doctrine of “priesthood of all believers,” and may have several male leaders rather than a single omnipotent senior pastor as in many American-style fundamentalist churches.
  2. Intellectual rather than emotional approach to the faith. Gospel Hall/PB fundamentalism is less emotional than American-style fundamentalism. It’s anti-intellectual in the sense of being very suspicious of worldly scholars, but fundamentalists of this stamp often read a great deal and are prone to convoluted Biblical theories which they see as real Biblical scholarship. The tone is grave and serious rather than rowdy and rabble-rousing as in American fundamentalism.
  3. Counter-cultural emphasis. American fundamentalism claims to be counter-cultural, but in fact there are large stretches of the South where it’s essentially the establishment (at least in a diluted form). “Gospel Hall” fundamentalists have more genuine reasons to see themselves as a minority religious culture, and this affects their tone.
  4. This isn’t exactly a difference, but the PBs are the source of dispensationalism. So you will often find dispensational theology even more dominant in this style of fundamentalism than elsewhere. As I said under point 2, they tend to be very interested in elaborate exegetical or historical theories. This gives their anti-Catholicism more of a bite, since they are more likely than other fundamentalists to have complex pseudo-historical arguments to back up their views. Hislop’s The Two Babylons is a really good example of this kind of thing, as is the PB E. H. Broadbent’s The Pilgrim Church. Compare Hislop to Jack Chick, or Broadbent to the “Trail of Blood” tract, and you see the differences I’m talking about between the two styles of fundamentalism.
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I have a friend who is a protestant and attends “Gospel Hall”. Shes a great person but sometimes she throws critiques about my Catholic Faith. Like “Why do you do works to earn salvation?” or “Why abstain from certain meats?” Or “The Bible if its not in the Bible then there is no need to do it.” Or stuff like “I know I’m in the right faith because we do everything that the Bible does and only that so I know our teachings are right.” Sometimes I stumble on having a reply to these kind of remarks. Even though I have now a better knowledge of the Bible but not as much as I would like to, to not prove to her but to help her understand what the real message is in the Bible and that what Jesus really wants us to do is to do Gods Will. Any suggestons on how to better myself and prepare myself to answer to these kinds of questions?
I may be wrong…but from memory…they may be “Christadelphians”…if I remember correctly Christadelphians may be one option.
 
If you take the time and read the FAQs on the website you liked to you will see that they are also called Plymouth Brethren.

Here is a like to the wikipedia article on the Plymouth Brethren.

Plymouth Brethren

There are also other links if you read through the various FAQs on the Gospel Hall website found at this link, FAQs.
Hi

Ohoh, I know who they are after reading through the (German) wikipedia article! 😉
They are called “Brüdergemeinde” (=“Assemblies of the Brethern”) and I was even in contact with two of them who visited once an organizing of our Student Mission Group at our University (which consists mainly out of Baptists and Trinitarian) Pentecostals, although principally it’s open for all; I i.e. know of one attending a Lutheran Evangelical Church).
They were exceptianally nice people - 'though very fundamentalist.
They also exist in Austria and in many communities throughout Germany.
They are seen as brothers in Christ (meaning “relatives” because they also believe in the credo baptism and the priesthood for all believers and excepting Jesus as ones saviour.) - seen from a Baptist view.
I’ve heard that some of them live similarly together like the Anabaptists (i.e. Mennonites, Amish, Hutterites etc.)
I have always labeld them “Neo-Anabaptists”.
Some month ago such a Brethren Community started in Innsbruck, the town I am working at the moment.

in Christ,
 
It is probably Gospel Hall Bretheran Church. From WikIpediA:
The Gospel Hall Brethren are an aggregate of independent and autonomous Christian fellowships at different locations, which are networked together through a set of shared Biblical doctrines and practices. Theologically, they are in the evangelical Protestant tradition, and in practice, share a lot in common with the Open Brethren movement, of which they are a sub-set.
The Gospel Hall Brethren believe a scriptural Christian fellowship (or “assembly” as they are commonly known) should avoid any distinctive sectarian name. As an example, they consider it improper for an assembly to take the name of any current or historical leader. They prefer to describe themselves simply as “Christians” and their buildings as “Gospel Halls.” To differentiate one assembly from another, the title Gospel Hall is usually preceded by some reference to the street or town associated with the building’s locality (ex. Main Street Gospel Hall). They oppose the idea of their assemblies being characterized by any one distinctive Biblical doctrine or system of church government and strongly reject any attempts to be regulated by a central ecclesiastical authority. They consider this being faithful to the pattern of corporate gathering described in the New Testament.
Even though Gospel Hall Brethren assemblies are independent, they often have many similar characteristics to each other. Their basis of fellowship and reception to the Lord’s Table differs from both the Exclusive Brethren and the Bible Chapel Brethren assemblies. While both the latter groupings generally believe that the basis for reception is that all Christians are united together as members of the Body of Christ, the Gospel Hall Brethren teach that reception is based on Christians being united together by a variety of shared doctrinal beliefs. As such, to receive a Christian to the Lord’s Table, even a visitor, is to receive them to the full rights and responsibilities of the assembly. Taking this principle, they do not accept casual or occasional fellowship and base this on the Scripture, “continuing steadfastly in the Apostles doctrine” Acts 2:42. These assemblies generally receive only from other assemblies, and some assemblies only receive from other Gospel Hall Brethren assemblies. Unless the believer is very well known, a ‘letter of commendation’ formally introducing them is required, in keeping with a practice found in the New Testament (Romans 16:1-2). Many, particularly in Canada, the United States, and Northern Ireland, do not use musical instruments during services. Most also do not actually use the name “Gospel Hall Brethren,” simply referring to themselves as “Christians”, “believers”, or “the brethren”.
Sometimes the Gospel Hall Brethren are known as Closed-Open, Tight Brethren, or Conservative Open Brethren (some of these terms may be considered disparaging). Such terms can sometimes refer to the careful or ‘tight’ manner in which they do not receive other Christians, who may not attend a Gospel Hall, to the fellowship of their assembly. Gospel Hall Brethren assemblies can often be characterised as “Open with a closed table.” This is the practice of restricting the Lord’s Table to those who are members of the assembly, yet still being willing to associate with other Christians outside the Gospel Hall.
 
Where do all these names and denominations come from? It seem that everytime I turn around there is a new denomination that I have never heard of popping up here and there.

Peace
DLG
 
Thank u so much everybody, these sites and this information will definately help me. I really truely appriciate it. It is a lot of information I definately wouldn’t have found all that on my own God bless everybody u guys are wonderful.
 
Where do all these names and denominations come from? It seem that everytime I turn around there is a new denomination that I have never heard of popping up here and there.

Peace
DLG
Same here. I’m in my fifties and never heard of all the different denominations that exist today.
 
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