What is a baptist church like?

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Rolltide said:
Thanks! Let me also add that my wife is a former Baptist, and ALL of my in-laws are Baptists. They get along with me just fine, but you will find a range of opinions among Baptists on just about everything.
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Yes, that is true. 🙂 I am glad that you get along well with all of your in-laws. Sometimes it is rather difficult for Baptists and Catholics to get along well when it comes to religion. I find that it is generally more difficult when the Baptists in question are of the more conservative/fundamentalist variety. What type of Baptist was your wife and also, what type of Baptists are your in-laws?
 
Holly3278 said:
Yes, that is true. 🙂 I am glad that you get along well with all of your in-laws. Sometimes it is rather difficult for Baptists and Catholics to get along well when it comes to religion. I find that it is generally more difficult when the Baptists in question are of the more conservative/fundamentalist variety. What type of Baptist was your wife and also, what type of Baptists are your in-laws?
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My wife is of “the Baptists terrified me about going to hell when I was 5 years old” kind and so she never really liked them to begin with. She had a lot of bad experiences in the faith because of certain fundamentalists that she knew through her grandparents. She only went when she had to because it was the only denomination she knew. She actually became Catholic well before we got married, although it was because of her exposure to Catholicism through me. My in-laws are not very serious church-goers. Others in the family are more moderate Southern Baptists.
 
Rolltide said:
My wife is of “the Baptists terrified me about going to hell when I was 5 years old” kind and so she never really liked them to begin with. She had a lot of bad experiences in the faith because of certain fundamentalists that she knew through her grandparents. She only went when she had to because it was the only denomination she knew. She actually became Catholic well before we got married, although it was because of her exposure to Catholicism through me. My in-laws are not very serious church-goers. Others in the family are more moderate Southern Baptists.
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Ah okay. I have been to Southern Baptist churches, independent fundamentalist Baptist churches, and General Baptist churches. My dad is Southern Baptist and my grandparents on my mom’s side of the family are General Baptist. My dad is not a practicing Christian though. In fact, most of my family members are not practicing Christians. My grandparents (on my mom’s side of the family) and I are the only ones in my immediate family that I know of who are currently practicing the Christian religion. As for my grandparents on my dad’s side of the family, my grandpa is an Atheist and my grandma is a former Christian. My grandma currently holds to New Age beliefs. I also recently discovered that my middle sister does not believe that God answers prayer even though she considers herself to be a Christian. My youngest sister, on the other hand, is an Atheist I think. Anyway, I’d appreciate your prayers for the conversion of my family. Thanks!
 
kinda funny how all of us former baptist keep ending up in the Catholic Church. and former Catholics keep going to the baptist. wonder if its a zero sum game? 😃 kinda like people from michigan keep moving down to texas, and texans keep moving to michigan. location location location… peace to all 🙂
 
Rolltide said:
Thanks! Let me also add that my wife is a former Baptist, and ALL of my in-laws are Baptists. They get along with me just fine, but you will find a range of opinions among Baptists on just about everything.
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I believe you will find that true among catholics as well. 😃

The difference is that we have official Church teachings on most every subject to turn to when biblical sources are in dispute, or seem to contradict.
Or when our catholic brothers hold “contrary opinion”.

Peace
James
 
To I need helpp and Rev Kevin and to the others who have posted here thus far.
Thank you for a charitable and informative thread. 👍👍

Having never been a Baptist I know I am not qualified to speak here, but I would like to offer a couple of small points.
  1. In the OP, it was mentionied that an Uncle said that baptist church was like a seminar. Perhaps what he meant by that was that the Baptist service, like a number of protestant services is built around the “sermon”. It is built around the “teaching of the word” from the Bible, and the pastor’s interpretions of that word. There will likely be music, there might be “the lords supper” (bread and grape juice) once a month or once a quarter. There might also be an invitation to be baptized.
    But all of this is basically built around the “preaching of the word”.
    The Catholic Mass, on the other hand is built around the Eucharist.
  2. The baptists consider the Mass to be “symbolic” in that they do not accept the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. I also understand that they, or many, think that, in the mass, we “recrucify” Christ, thereby keeping him on the cross. This of course is not true. The mass merely makes the one sacrifice “present” for us.
  3. Rev Kevin stated that, “We like to remember the life of Jesus, not his death. although his death is very important. we remember his life. see we are of the life of Jesus and the CC is about the death of Jesus.”
    This, of course is not true. Perhaps that is how he saw it, or how his family saw it as he was raised.
    It is important though to keep one thing in mind. As important as Jesus’ preaching and teaching was for our salvation, His death was the second most important facet of His minstry. Second only to His resurrection. Without these two interconnected events, His Salvic mission would have failed and teaching would have passed most likely passed quietly into history.
If I have misrepresented the Baptist view, or at least your particular baptist view, please do correct me.

Peace
James
 
I would like to thank the Baptist posters for their honest, clear and respectful posts.

Could i ask what are the main services/charity works that are typically present and valued in the Baptist communities?
 
Baptist churches are varied. Some are like music concerts, some are more reserved. Usually, you have worship songs, then a prayer. Then more songs. Then the sermon. The sermon is anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour. Then the offering, during which time there is usually a solo. Then the invitiation to be saved during which more songs are sung and then the final prayer
 
Is the “offering” a remembrance of the Last Supper, or the money collection, or something else ?

Thanks in advance.
 
JRKH said:
To I need helpp and Rev Kevin and to the others who have posted here thus far.
Thank you for a charitable and informative thread. 👍👍
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With the exception of you and a few others, bro, it’s been anything but charitable.

But of course, we’re the “anti-Catholics.” lol 🙂
 
FantomScholar said:
With the exception of you and a few others, bro, it’s been anything but charitable.

But of course, we’re the “anti-Catholics.” lol 🙂
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I do not believe my comments on this thread were uncharitable or incorrect.
 
FantomScholar said:
With the exception of you and a few others, bro, it’s been anything but charitable.

But of course, we’re the “anti-Catholics.” lol 🙂
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and though I have had Baptists tell me I am going to hell for being Catholic and I have had Baptists tell me I follow the anti-Christ (the Pope) I have never said a Baptist is going to hell. It is not my call. And frankly, my grandmother and my mother-in-law are staunch Baptists and if anyone says they are goping to hell for being for Baptist, we would have step outside…🙂
 
SirThomasMore said:
and though I have had Baptists tell me I am going to hell for being Catholic and I have had Baptists tell me I follow the anti-Christ (the Pope) I have never said a Baptist is going to hell. It is not my call. And frankly, my grandmother and my mother-in-law are staunch Baptists and if anyone says they are goping to hell for being for Baptist, we would have step outside…🙂
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I wasn’t thinking of you. I had #13, 16, 17, and 18 in mind 🙂

I realize, of course, that polemics and straightforward rebuttals of doctrinal positions can be helpful and used to clarify where each respective party sits on any given topic. I am by no means a doctrinal relativist and clearly believe Rome to be incorrect on any number of issues. The denominational grandstanding that is evident, however, is distasteful to say the least. Given the OP is asking about the nature of Baptist churches, it’s a been funny that so far it’s been nothing but a boastful few responses from Catholics on the subject.

Hopefully your grandparents and MIL let you stick around for the casseroles after church 🙂
 
i_need_helpp said:
…i might go to a baptist church…
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Answersplease:
I would advise against going.

That might be a spiritual test that you might not pass.
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FantomScholar said:
I wasn’t thinking of you. I had #13, 16, 17, and 18 in mind 🙂

I realize, of course, that polemics and straightforward rebuttals of doctrinal positions can be helpful and used to clarify where each respective party sits on any given topic. I am by no means a doctrinal relativist and clearly believe Rome to be incorrect on any number of issues. The denominational grandstanding that is evident, however, is distasteful to say the least. Given the OP is asking about the nature of Baptist churches, it’s a been funny that so far it’s been nothing but a boastful few responses from Catholics on the subject.

Hopefully your grandparents and MIL let you stick around for the casseroles after church 🙂
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My grandfather was Catholic, my grandmother is Baptist. He did in 2002, but prior to that, they were married 69 years. He never missed Mass, she never missed Baptist Church. She is 93 now and still drves to her Church every Sunday.

When I answered, I was not trying to be Catholic, but answering from my experiences of going to Church. When I was in the Army, prior to becoming Catholic in 2002, I attended a Baptist Church. I was worship leader and soloist. I have written a lot of Christian songs that I would sing. So, I was trying to answer from my memory of then.
 
SirThomasMore said:
My grandfather was Catholic, my grandmother is Baptist. He did in 2002, but prior to that, they were married 69 years. He never missed Mass, she never missed Baptist Church. She is 93 now and still drves to her Church every Sunday.

When I answered, I was not trying to be Catholic, but answering from my experiences of going to Church. When I was in the Army, prior to becoming Catholic in 2002, I attended a Baptist Church. I was worship leader and soloist. I have written a lot of Christian songs that I would sing. So, I was trying to answer from my memory of then.
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No worries, SirThomas. I didn’t consider any of your responses inaccurate. In many ways, it’s hard to pin down. Baptist churches are independent. Even within a “denomination” like the Southern Baptist Convention, the churches don’t have any oversight beyond the local hierarchy. The autonomy of the local church is a Baptist distinctive. At most, the SBC could disfellowship from a local church for what it perceives to be incorrect teaching. That’s as far as it goes, though. My own church, where I serve as a ruling elder, is completely independent from any outside associations.

However, going back to the issue I raised, no, it didn’t have to do with your responses. Just the typical blustering that is seen in the posts that I mentioned. Somehow, people think that assertions are arguments, when they’re not.
 
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