[Cronos]

or perhaps, a sincere profession of faith in a Protestant setting

I'm sorry, but to me that seems akin to a Skull n Bones initiation not a profession of faith -- especially when the outcome is that one belongs to a special 'club' and non-members are damned forever.

[P-Marlowe]

I'm sorry, but to me that seems akin to a Skull n Bones initiation not a profession of faith -- especially when the outcome is that one belongs to a special 'club' and non-members are damned forever.

Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: (THE ELECT)
but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (EVERYONE ELSE)

Which "club" are you a member of?

[annalex]

but to me that seems akin to a Skull n Bones initiation not a profession of faith

But we cannot judge the sincerity of the profession. Just because the theology that surrounds the profession is all wrong, I am sure that most "altar calls" produce sincere professions. I think that the faith of many Protestants is endagered not when they profess, but when they presume that the salvific work of Christ has been all done in them following that.