....I went before the session (a group of men who are officers in the church) where they interviewed me to make sure I had a credible profession of faith in Jesus Christ. The following Sunday they put me before the congregation where I publicly professed my faith in Jesus Christ in the form of several membership vows. And that was it. I was a member!.... ....When asked the question "What must I do to be saved?", the response of Paul and Silas was "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31), and that is still true today. What is important is to put your full trust in Jesus. If you have done that, if you have repented of your sin and trust in Jesus alone, you are welcomed into the fellowship of the OPC. There is no need to be re-baptized and there is no need to renounce your confirmation.
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2 posted on
02/02/2011 10:10:08 AM PST by
Alex Murphy
("Posting news feeds, making eyes bleed, he's hated on seven continents")
To: Alex Murphy
Hopefully you will stay in the one holy catholic church.
The Apostles Creed (portion):
I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints The forgiveness of sins, The resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.
To: Alex Murphy
You are moving in the wrong direction....
5 posted on
02/02/2011 10:16:14 AM PST by
AdamBomb
To: Alex Murphy
Two forms of ID and a $250 deposit.
7 posted on
02/02/2011 10:21:35 AM PST by
TankerKC
(Part of the Soros funded Blog Police.)
To: Alex Murphy
What does a Roman Catholic need to do to join the OPCGiven that there are only 20,000 OPC communicants in America, presumably all you need to do is show up on Sunday and introduce yourself to the elders.
I'm sure they'd love to have you.
Another good bet is to move to the Northeast if you don't live there already - that's the area of the country where you have the best shot of living within driving distance of a congregation.
9 posted on
02/02/2011 10:26:48 AM PST by
wideawake
To: Alex Murphy
Yeah. I had a stint where as a Catholic I joined the Presbyterians. I left when the gay and lesbian minister and assistant started changing the Word of the Bible at Church services to fit into their PC gender world view. Then the preaching about global warming and let's just say it didn't take me long to go back to the Catholic faith and the Catholic Church. Thank you Jesus!
Besides. Whenever I prayed about where God would best have me he gave me a MULTITUDE of signs that He wanted me to worship in the Catholic tradition and faith, not to speak of the church. Thank you Lord for your guidance!
11 posted on
02/02/2011 10:34:41 AM PST by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: Alex Murphy
What would a baptized and confirmed Roman Catholic need to do in order to join the Orthodox Presbyterian Church?
Stop thinking.
13 posted on
02/02/2011 10:35:25 AM PST by
vladimir998
(Copts, Nazis, Franks and Beans - what a public school education puts in your head.)
To: Alex Murphy
About 75% of our church are former Catholics.
14 posted on
02/02/2011 10:36:19 AM PST by
RnMomof7
To: Alex Murphy
The lack of communion at each service bothered me immensely. That right there was placing too much emphasis on an earthly church and not the Lord and His presence.
To each his own worship, but I hAve found returning to Catholicism the most wonderful gift on my adult life.
17 posted on
02/02/2011 10:39:39 AM PST by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: Alex Murphy
After realizing how different the teachings of the RCC are from Scripture,
Exactly. It wasn't until I was out of the RCC - did I learn how truly off they were. To say anyone is being obedient to Jesus while 'in' the RCC, is untrue. One can't serve two masters.
God's Word vs. man-made teachings.
To: Alex Murphy
When Coptic Christians are being killed for believing in Christ I find it sad that there is such a 'marketing,' for which faith today. It is fine. When one Christian is killed or in fear because of their faith, we are all under threat of the same. I pray today and have been for some time for the Christians in Egypt. My energy is toward prayers for them and for ALL Christians world wide.
God bless, inspire, and guide us all. May we unite in the spreading of His Word not matter what our chosen church.
25 posted on
02/02/2011 10:45:27 AM PST by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: Alex Murphy
When Coptic Christians are being killed for believing in Christ I find it sad that there is such a 'marketing,' for which faith today. It is fine.
YET, when one Christian is killed or in fear because of their faith, we are all under threat of the same. I pray today and have been for some time for the Christians in Egypt. My energy is toward prayers for them and for ALL Christians world wide.
God bless, inspire, and guide us all. May we unite in the spreading of His Word not matter what our chosen church.
26 posted on
02/02/2011 10:46:28 AM PST by
GOP Poet
(Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
To: Alex Murphy
Conversion from Christianity to Christianity, amazing. Like making a vanilla cake into a... vanilla cake.
29 posted on
02/02/2011 10:49:39 AM PST by
SampleMan
(If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
To: Alex Murphy
To: Alex Murphy
“I believe in one Holy Roman and Apostolic Church”
To: Alex Murphy
ROFL.......
From Wiki.........The Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) is a small conservative Presbyterian denomination located primarily in the United States. It was founded by conservative members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) who strongly objected to the pervasive Modernist theology during the 1930s......
Stats (for 2009):
Congregations :255
Members: 29,421 (ministers: 485 communicants: 21,123 non-communicants: 7,813)
What does a Catholic need to do to join the OPC?
Um....1) move to the USA; 2) buy an excellent set of road maps or a GPS system; 3) show up.
37 posted on
02/02/2011 10:57:49 AM PST by
marshmallow
("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
To: Alex Murphy; Dr. Eckleburg
The author didn’t mention what specifically the vows were. Was one of them to profess belief in the Westminster Confessions, or is that not required?
42 posted on
02/02/2011 11:09:15 AM PST by
Claud
To: Alex Murphy
Apropos to the discussion:
Charles Hodge's Letter to Pope Pius IX. "The text of a letter written by Charles Hodge of Princeton Theological Seminary on behalf of the two General Assemblies of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, explaining why the Pope's invitation to Protestants to send delegates to the first Vatican Council of 1869-70 was being declined."
Neither are we schismatics. We cordially recognize as members of Christ's visible Church on earth, all those who profess the true religion together with their children. We are not only willing but earnest to hold Christian communion with them, provided they do not require, as conditions of such communion, that we profess doctrines which the Word of God condemns, or that we should do what the Word forbids. If in any case any Church prescribes such unscriptural terms of fellowship, the error and the fault is with that church and not with us.
56 posted on
02/02/2011 12:06:19 PM PST by
Lee N. Field
("What is your only comfort, in life and death?" "That I an not my own, but belong, body and soul...")
To: Alex Murphy; Cronos
What would a baptized and confirmed Roman Catholic need to do in order to join the Orthodox Presbyterian Church? Replace their brain with a cauliflower and turn in their soul at the OPC church door.
83 posted on
02/02/2011 2:45:49 PM PST by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so..)
To: Alex Murphy
If y’all believe Jesus is God, then what did God say His most important commandment was?
121 posted on
02/02/2011 8:27:08 PM PST by
OldNewYork
(social justice isn't justice; it's just socialism)
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