From the Old Box: May 18, ’04 England (MNN/BWA) — Rick Warren, pastor of the Saddleback Baptist Church in Lake Forest, California, and best selling author of “The Purpose-Driven Life” and the “Purpose-Driven Church” and former U-S President Jimmy Carter will headline the 100th birthday celebration of the Baptist World Alliance , at the BaptistContinue reading “2004: Baptist World Centenary Congress in Birmingham”
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The application of the word evangelical
The word evangelical was used during the Reformation and applied to the churches of the Protestant Reformation and their teaching, especially the Lutheran evangelische church. But the origins of modern evangelicalism, as it is generally understood in the English-speaking world, are to be found in the revivals in the North Atlantic region in theContinue reading “The application of the word evangelical”
Is the understanding of the active obedience of Christ something new to Baptist life
Contradictory, many Protestants but also Baptists overlook the fact that centuries ago the Baptists were pure worshippers of the one True God and took Jesus Christ as God His only begotten son. The Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary had recently a look at some thoughts of the Baptists and on their understanding of the active obedienceContinue reading “Is the understanding of the active obedience of Christ something new to Baptist life”
A possible Quakers’ extinction crisis
A look at the Quakers or Society of Friends
Why I’m Here
Originally posted on In the Thicket:
The SBC is in crisis. That’s not hyperbole, that’s not being overdramatic, that is fact. The denomination is facing it’s biggest threat ever, bigger than the conservative resurgence of the 80s. It needs prayer. Since my last post, two letters written by Russell Moore were leaked detailing his investigation…
About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated
It might well be that in the developed countries Christians may be in the majority, but everywhere in the capitalist states we see that having an active faith is not anymore of importance. The latest Pew Research Center survey of the religious composition of the United States finds the religiously unaffiliated share of the publicContinue reading “About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated”
500 Years of Reformation Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency
After 500 Years, Reformation-Era Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency Theological differences diminished to a degree that might have shocked Christians in past centuries. As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new Pew Research Center surveys show that in both Western Europe and the United States, the theological differences thatContinue reading “500 Years of Reformation Divisions Have Lost Much of Their Potency”
What are Brothers in Christ
There have been countless independent communities around the world who have eagerly studied the Bible and accepted its simple teachings and felt like spiritual siblings of Jesus Christ. Brothers in Christ are people (men and women) who feel they are like brothers and sisters of each other, with the common faith in Jesus Christ asContinue reading “What are Brothers in Christ”
Who are the Christadelphians
Base for a community Since the day Jesus got followers, there were serious people who loved to follow everything Jesus told them to belief and to do. Many of them had to bring a lot of changes to their life, which was not always received kindly by family and friends. But they found it moreContinue reading “Who are the Christadelphians”
Uprooted Baptists their new idea of baptism
End 1970ies it looked like the Southern Baptitst Union was going to bring too many changes the followers of the original Anabaptists and Baptists could not accept. From the 1980s onwards lots of disturbance was felt and in the 1990ies many Baptists became very disturbed by the image the public was getting from the BaptistsContinue reading “Uprooted Baptists their new idea of baptism”
Some View on the World 