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In the time I have been saved, baptist churches tend to pick and choose which parts of the bible they will abide by. **
But Pentecostals do as well. ALL pop-evangelicals pick and choose from the Bible. |
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---Jack on 3/6/08 |
In the time I have been saved, baptist churches tend to pick and choose which parts of the bible they will abide by. Pentecostal churches have a stricter standard of holiness, and it seems to slack in baptist churches. That's why there is a difference between baptist and full gospel baptist... |
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---william on 3/5/08 |
It seems to me you can learn a lot in the bible in the Baptist Churches. However, the Pentecostal Churches I have attended to does not seem to be as deep in God's Word. There is a great deal of confusion about the gift of tongues. Some things, I find unscriptural. However, I have met many wonderful Christians in both churches. We all need to study God's Word and follow Jesus through the Holy Spirit. |
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---Mike on 2/2/08 |
im a baptist pastor who now proudly wears the label of bapticostal,, our church belives in worshiping in spirit and in truth ,, praise and shouting ,dancing,running, are all welcome , the only place i see were diffret from pentecostals ,,are the wa we pratice tounges in service,, by course,,, |
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---joe on 1/26/08 |
Blessings to all, I attend an independent Baptist Church, and I do not believe in three Gods, but from what I have learned about the Godhead is that we serve ond God and the Trinity is three person's. Three in one God, so to speak. What is Penescostal oneness? I have heard this, but do not understand what it is. Any insights from anyone? God Bless! |
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---Cynthia on 11/9/07 |
Most pentecostals seem too legalistic, pride in their Spirit gifts and into money and tithes. Baptists seem more into the good news(gospel) I just hear more Gospel and love in Baptist Churches. BUT Im not a member of neither.
Give me the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and song and Im a happy camper in my soul and spirit. Which Church? Hard to find in these days. |
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---duane on 11/9/07 |
My take, "Put two Baptist in one room with one Bible and what you will get is three opinions"
"Put a 1,000 pentacostls in one room with one Bible and one opinion will come out, if one of the 1,000 is a pastor." |
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---MikeM on 11/8/07 |
this is a trick of Satan divide and conquer my brothers and sisters we spend to much time trying to prove each denomination wrong when this dying world knows not that Christ is the truth and life...death burial resurrection is the key confess with the mouth and believe in the HEART (this is Biblical) and do not allow Satan to divide us anymore God Bless You and I love you all and there is nothing you can do about it |
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---sheedy on 11/8/07 |
saved baptist, spirit baptised later. some asked about my new zeal for service and witness, i said, it was the spirit baptism! All pentecostal DO NOT believe in tongues as initial evidence for spiritbapstism and definetely not for salvation! all do believe this gift should be expected. read JACK HAYfORD. receiving spirit at salvation is not being filled with the spirit ! the biggest problem we have!! doctrinal pride. |
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---tim on 11/1/07 |
I'm guessing but I think Betty may be oneness.
Baptist believe in the triune God and so do pentcostals except 'Oneness' / Jesus only
Jhn 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Jhn 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. |
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---Andrea on 9/25/07 |
Betty * Baptist believe there are three gods*
Which Baptist [group]? I have yet to see one who believe in three gods. Both Baptist and Pentecostals believe in the Holy Trinity. |
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---Ramon on 9/25/07 |
Betty,
You are incorrect. Both believe in one God, they call it the Godhead or Trinity. Look at most of the churches websites and doctrines about God. The only one that is different is Apostolics. They fail to distinguish between The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Baptist and most Pentecostals believe like the Apostles concerning this. Please get an understanding before you give false information. |
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---Chris on 9/25/07 |
Babtist belive there are three gods Pentecostal's belive there is one God over in the old testrment God said he know's no's other god the new testement Jesus said when you see me you have seen the Father God was spirt he robed his self in flesh and begain the man Jesus Christ He died and he said he would send back a comforter which was his spirit He was all man and he was all God.So Father Son and Holy Ghost are one. |
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---Betty on 9/25/07 |
The main difference between Baptist and Pentecostal denominations vary according to the various pentecostal denominations. Baptist do not put emphasis on speaking in tongues as evidence of being saved, neither do the Apostles (read 1 John).
Love is the true sign of being saved because God is love.
The baptist are more biblically sound and accurate in their doctrine. I have alternated between the two for years. My job requires me to relocate and I continually must find a new church home. |
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---Chris on 9/24/07 |
Cynthia,
Amen!
Ac 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Thank God for his Holy Son!
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---trey on 9/24/07 |
trey, I also am of an independant Baptist denomination, and I agree that there are many different denominations, but we all worship the same God. As long as we believe that the only way to Heaven is through Jesus Christ, and that He came into this world to pay the price and redeem us, and to save us that is what is most important. God is looking at the heart and He knows all. |
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---Cynthia on 9/19/07 |
Lisa,
Just like any denomination there are bad that think if you don't believe what they believe you are wrong and going to hell. There are bad in both.
I was told by a Catholic that I have to go to a priest to have my sins forgiven. I beg to differ and that is biblical. I asked them to show me where and they could not.
Some just parrot what they have been told without any study or research. |
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---denna7667 on 9/16/07 |
I went to a Baptist church and prayer group and a pentecostal church and a Lutheran grade school for 8 years.
I am Catholic.
I will share with you this...I don't mind worshiping God in any of these House's of the Lord. To me they all know Jesus and Preach the Gospel.
The only problem is that the others sometimes talk bad about the Catholics ...but the Catholic priests have never spoken bad of them.
God bless you all. |
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---Lisa on 9/16/07 |
jerry - do you think the upper room was full of demon possessed believers? |
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---andre5846 on 9/15/07 |
As a Baptist, I would like to say thanks for all the positive comments.
I believe the Lord has his people in many different denominations!
We may disagree about practice and doctrine, but our Heavenly Father is the same. |
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---trey on 9/15/07 |
Betty: Wow! I sure hope you're wrong. What you've described sounds more like demon posession. The Bible doesn't describe the control of people's tongues being taken from them. It describes people being able to HEAR the gospel in thier OWN language! |
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---jerry6593 on 9/15/07 |
Betty,
I beg to differ. Baptism is not what "removes our sin". Baptism of the Spirit or water baptism is not a requirement for salvation. Yes it is the blood of Jesus that redeems us from our sins. Hebrews 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. |
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---denna7667 on 9/15/07 |
Andre5846,
Im not sure who you are referring to as "they". If you are talking about Baptists but in recent survey of Baptists ministers only 45% agreed with the gift of tongues. I agree that we should all let God be God. |
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---denna7667 on 9/15/07 |
Yes it does matter if we speak in tongue's because when Jesus comes into our body it is him speaking threw us in tongues and the only way we know we have his sprite is that he came in took contral of our tongues and spoke the language he won'ted to speak and thats the only way we know we have received his spirit is when he prays threw us and we e |
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---Betty on 9/15/07 |
contuine but we still have the sin's on us when are baptised in jesus name then our sin's are removed and that's when the blood is applied and our sin's takenaway read act 2-37 3 38 |
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---Betty on 9/15/07 |
I've been to both churches. The Baptists preach "fire escape" religion and I've no idea what the Penta's preach. There was such a bedlam of noise, we had to leave. |
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---jerry6593 on 9/15/07 |
Eloy)ha..Pentebapt is clever!! I don't think it is the best one to use though because it sounds too much like pentegram. Yuck!!:) We need to stick with baptecost.:) Spelling might be messed up. I think we should make it official.:) |
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---jody_martin on 9/15/07 |
denna - they don't have a problem with the gifts - its tongues.
All christians know God heals - word of knowledge - miracles. They have a problem with 'feeling silly' if they have to speak an unknown language.
We're all willing to pray for healing we ought to be willing to let God be God with our mouths too.
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. |
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---andre5846 on 9/14/07 |
Andrea,
If mainstream Christians (Baptist, Pentecostals, etc.) were to evangelize like the Mormons and JW we could really win some souls for God.
Amen to the Baptists and Pentecostals sitting together in the same church. Side by side even. |
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---denna7667 on 9/14/07 |
Thats good news denna - I'd love to see the Baptist spirit-filled. They are strong on the word and evangelizing - we need to get together and get some work done. These people need God and we have Him.
We need to be giving Him away. Fastest growing believers are pentecostal and there should be no reason for them to come out of a Baptist church. Spirit filled and saved sit in the pews together just fine.
If the Baptists would let God move they could be the fastest growing and evagelizing church. |
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---Andrea on 9/7/07 |
The biggest difference seems to be the use and belief of the manifestation spiritual gifts.
In a recent survey it was stated that 45% of the Baptist ministers believed in the manifestation gift of tongues.
Like someone said earlier, if we all use the same Bible there should be no difference. But then again religion will send a lot of people to hell. |
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---denna7667 on 9/7/07 |
I could go to a Baptist church but some would show me the door if I share about 'tongues'. I like a lot of their teaching - strong on the word.
Baptists are welcome in my non-d church no one pushes the gifts. |
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---Andrea on 9/2/07 |
The only differences should be in the way we worship. Our teachings and beliefs should be the same. There is only God, one faith one,one baptism. All denominations should have that in common,anyway. How things have gotten so mixed up I will never know. Doesn't really matter whether we speak in tongues or not but if we follow the Great Commandment: Love the Lord with all of our heart,soul,mind and strength and the Second is like it: love our neighbors. We will make it to heaven. |
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---Robyn on 9/2/07 |
I started out Baptist then went Pentecostal. Now Im nondenominational. I think this people get to worked up over this topic. At least thats been my experiance. I had my baptist church 100yds from a pentecostal church. You think they could find common ground on the only real important issue, salvation. Well first they got to speak to each other. |
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---Adam on 8/31/07 |
After getting saved I became a Baptist. Then one day as I was praying I begin to speak in tongues after that people begin calling me a bapticostal. Because I was speaking in tongues the baptist begin to shun me. I went to the pentecostal church and they would not accept OSAS. But I now realize all this was the best thing that ever happened to me. |
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---Mima on 8/30/07 |
I read the other bloggers and they are for the most part correct, but I have found that it is getting to the point that some Spirit filled churches cannot be predicted. They can be just about any doctrine. Some believe in Baptism of the Spirit with evidence of tongues and some do not and some believe OSAS and some do not. Some are legalistic and some are not. Worship usually looks about the same. Baptists can be just about any way they want as well since they are independant.:) |
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---jody on 8/30/07 |
.andrea, you could be labeled politically incorrect by placing "baptist" ahead of "pentecostal" in your coined word "bapticostal", howz about a "pentebapt"? |
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---Eloy on 8/30/07 |
It's not true in all Baptist churches that we don't have the power. I go to a Southern Baptist and we believe and carry out every part of the Bible, including Mark 16:15-18. So yes, some of us do still believe in and use the gifts of the Holy Spirit today, it's just that enough Baptist churches don't, so that makes a stereotypical view that all of us don't believe in them being used today. So i guess i'd fit in that "bapticostal" group. God Bless. |
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---Hou_Dawg on 8/29/07 |
While I cannot name them all, I can name some. In general these are the diferences: Baptists believe that speaking in tongues do not exist in this time period, where Pentecostals do and practice it freely. Baptists tend to be more conservative in their worship than Pentecostals. Baptists believe in "Once Saved Always Saved", where many Pentecostals do not. Hope this helps a little. |
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---Debbie on 8/29/07 |
Yeah - Baptist are pentecostals without the power.
hahahhahahaha I love the baptists
Lots of them are wonderful spirit filled believers and lots of pentecostals are uptight fudementalists.
Were so much alike - is it the OSAS issue? Otherwise we could be running in and out of each others churches.
Oh who cares I like the bapticostals the best. |
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---Andrea on 8/29/07 |
Most Baptists believe in once saved, always saved. Most pentecostals do not believe in OSAS. All pentecostals believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Most Baptists do not believe this is for today. |
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---Susie on 8/29/07 |
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