Yes, it was a Baptist Church until our pastor came. We kept it a Baptist Church and stayed in the local Baptist conference. We decided a few years ago that we could no longer call ourselves Baptists because people expected it to be a typical Baptist church, which it wasn’t. We simply changed the name to reflect that we are a Spirit-filled church and believe in the gifts, etc. We still have older Baptists in the congregation and we’re not wildly pentecostal.
We are under the umbrella of Elim since our pastors went there for training, but we’re independent of them. They don’t tell us what to do. But they’re there if our pastors need something. They go there for conferences, etc.
***Yes, it was a Baptist Church until our pastor came. We kept it a Baptist Church and stayed in the local Baptist conference. We decided a few years ago that we could no longer call ourselves Baptists because people expected it to be a typical Baptist church, which it wasn’t. We simply changed the name to reflect that we are a Spirit-filled church and believe in the gifts, etc. We still have older Baptists in the congregation and we’re not wildly pentecostal.***
Does that mean that your theology is mobile?
***We are under the umbrella of Elim since our pastors went there for training, but we’re independent of them. They don’t tell us what to do. But they’re there if our pastors need something. They go there for conferences, etc.***
Not sure what this means. Can you elaborate?