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How much do you know about Baptists?
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I also had no clue on a few of the questions.
Were they obscure or was what I was taught about Baptist history incomplete?
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Well, not one question about Jack Hyles, Deuteronomy 22:5, or whether secondary vs tertiary separation regarding Billy Graham. I'd say the questions were irrelevant of true Baptist History (except the ones about IFB and Trail of Blood
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I missed 8. Basically, any having to do with American Baptist denominations.
I did very poorly.
I was looking for the words you used.
The sheer number of flavors of Baptists is exceeded only by the flavors of variations of another sect originating in the Americas. What is its name?
LDS, aka, Mormonism.
LDS, aka, Mormonism.
He uses different names than what I am used to. One of these is calling American Baptists "Triennual Convention." Also, I am not familiar with different groups that have recently split off from Southern Baptists. These are just things I am not particularly concerned with.
Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton are two presidents that Baptists would rather NOT claim! But at least Jimmy Carter seems to have good moral integrity.
Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton are two presidents that Baptists would rather NOT claim! But at least Jimmy Carter seems to have good moral integrity.
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When you can snatch the pebble from my hand, grasshopper....
This is one Baptist who’ll have to take umbrage with the statement about Jimmy Carter. I nearly fully endorse his beliefs and worldview.
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I agree to a certain point. I like a lot of what he's stood for, many of his positions, etc...but, I don't have to like his implementation of doctrinal positions he holds....he's not a pastor, and he's probably not had any hermeneutical training.
You make a good point. He graduated from the Naval Academy. I guess he’s very self-taught in theology.
I thought I could do so much better on this quiz, but alas I got 14 right and 11 wrong with 3 correct guesses.
Still a failing grade.
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I believe so...He did say at one time that he had learned some of his theology from the chaplains in the Navy...we know that being interdenominational that they don't always have a correct view of the Bible, God, or the doctrines we hold dear.
Even the best "Baptist" Navy Chaplains that I had encountered had something seriously wrong with their doctrine somewhere! One suggested to me that God dealt with people differently who never had the chance to hear the Gospel message. I don't think they are allowed to be dogmatic in their preaching saying that Jesus is THE ONLY WAY to heaven and they certainly cannot take exception to the false teachings of the Catholic Church or any other heretical group! Their job is to be accommodating to whatever faith or tradition the servicemember has been brought up with or has chosen to embrace.
I had a Conservative Baptist chaplain in Millington jerk a knot in my tail once. It was soon after I fully devoted myself to Christ and was beginning to learn the Word. I was feeling stressed because for the first time in my life, I was being expected to act and work like an adult. I went crawling up to him looking for sympathy but what I got was a boot to my posterior. Then, when I tried to relay to him what I was learning at Bellevue Baptist, he got concerned because I wasn't relaying it correctly. He straightened me out there as well. So, there were good chaplains. I read an article several years back where chaplains who were ordained through Calvary Chapel were being allowed to serve.
There are Chaplains from many of the different protestant denominations. The Seminary I am currently attending has a degree track specific to chaplaincy in the military. What the military requires is a seminary degree around 60-70 hours (not quite an MDiv but a MDiv would certainly be advantageous) plus licensure and ordination in a recognized denomination. There have been BBFI Chaplains, IFCA Chaplains, Christian and Missionary Alliance Chaplains, and so forth.
What stinks is that with "Protestant" you have a broad road which may include Episcopalian, Lutheran, Seventh Day Adventist, and possibly even Mormon! You just do not know what you are getting when you ask for a "Protestant" Chaplain!
I remember a listing of chaplains and their denominational affiliations. Since was attending a Baptist church, I selected the Baptist chaplain. A couple months earlier, I asked for a Lutheran chaplain since I had yet to cross over from the dark side.
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TBH, the name "Triennial Convention", while representing all Baptists in the US up to 1845 when the Southerners left, was little more than a loose confederation of missionary societies. In practice, they were much closer to being Independent than the IFB'ers are today.
By the start of the 20th century, the non-Southerners decided they needed a bit more organization and founded the Northern Baptist Convention in 1907. In 1950, the name was changed to the American Baptist Churches. (It is alleged that they did so in an attempt to beat the SBC to claiming the "American" designation for itself.)