Posted on 12/11/2013 9:44:41 AM PST by Gamecock
Interesting - the word “Baptist” has never come up, either orally or in any of the written materials I’ve seen. They present as nondenom.
Ooops. Misread your post. Concur.
Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor, First Baptist Dallas.
They were planted by a Baptist Church:
Since August 1977, when Highland Village First Baptist Church started as a mission of Lakeland Baptist Church (Lewisville, Texas), God has been steadfast in His blessings upon our church. http://www.thevillagechurch.net/flower-mound/about-us/who-we-are/our-story/
And they show up on the SBC church directory
http://www.sbc.org/churchsearch/listzip.asp?key=75028
(But I actually know from having met a couple of staff members).
Well, there ya go. I’m a little surprised because most of the SBC congregations I’m familiar with required baptism by immersion to join, and my kid hasn’t been told she needs to do so (being a Methodist, she got sprinkled as an infant). And no, I do not wish to engage in a debate about it with any lurkers.
People have have a desire to label everything and put it in a box. I find that in cases where I have done this, it was simply to make myself feel better about my choices. Thankfully, I’m past that. You can’t put most people in a box, and you certainly can’t put God in a box. He can use ANYTHING for his purposes. Blessings. :)
That is interesting. I’ve known of some SBC who will accept adult baptism by sprinkling, but infant sprinkling would be unusual.
While the Village isn’t exactly my flavor, I haven’t heard anything negative about them, and my limited contacts have been positive. I wouldn’t discourage anyone from going there.
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