To: WileyPink
The phrases “Joining the Church” and “being Baptized”
have been a concern for me since the day I was saved.
I always make it a point to ask for
a “Salvation experience”.
12 posted on
06/03/2007 3:00:46 PM PDT by
WKB
(It's hard to tell who's more afraid of Fred Thompson; The Dims or the rudibots.)
To: WKB
The phrases Joining the Church and being Baptized have been a concern for me since the day I was saved.I Concur.
In addition, I found that the group who wrote the article that this story was taken from is associated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship who is heavily associated with Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Offering for Religious Liberty and Human Rights
http://www.thefellowship.info/involved/events/GA2007/070508Offering.icm
That sums it up for me.
Wiley
13 posted on
06/03/2007 3:13:24 PM PDT by
WileyPink
("...I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6b)
To: WKB
I really don’t know what to think about this article.
I know our little bitty church while part of the SBC is very conservative - and more into bringing folks to salvation and feeding our flock - then ever worrying about numbers.
I guess it shows that Baptists - whether Southern or not can be swayed like anyone into believing that “counting the seekers” is more important than developing the believers.
15 posted on
06/03/2007 7:52:45 PM PDT by
pamlet
To: WKB
"I always make it a point to ask for a Salvation experience.
That is something all of us should do.
29 posted on
06/04/2007 9:42:09 PM PDT by
dixiechick2000
(There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)
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