All Christian sects teach works as part of salvation. Some require baptism (a work). All require some sort of sinners prayer asking the Lord for forgiveness and accepting Christ as Savior (a work). All teach that saved Christians must follow the teachings of Christ (a work).
The only ones who truly duck the works label are the hard-core Calvinists who view God as a puppet master pulling the strings of his "saved" puppets, forcing them to acknowledge Him and then live lives dedicated to Him. Thos are a tiny, tiny minority of Christians. Everyone else requires mankind to do some sort of work for salvation, even if it is nothing more than saying a "sinner's prayer" to accept Christ.
I always get a little chuckle out of hearing folks like Dr. Charles Stanley talk about doing works, but ducking around the actual phrase by using various euphemisms that mean essentially the same thing. I think they've painted themselves into a theological corner and are trying to dance their way out of it without appearing to do so.
All Christian sects teach works as part of salvation. Some require baptism (a work). All require some sort of sinners prayer asking the Lord for forgiveness and accepting Christ as Savior (a work). All teach that saved Christians must follow the teachings of Christ (a work).
*******
Great points! I will have to remember them for the next time I get into the works versus faith argument.