What is your denomonation.

we all know all christians dont believe the same some pentecostals, like me, and some range from anything from methodist to baptist. so what are you and why lets get some conversation and debates goin. but come on yall keep it nice.

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on August 22, 2012 at 12:21pm

Well, since you asked - - - raised in a Catholic home, I am what I am today by the grace of God and because I made a decision based on study, research and a desire to be as close to the Bible's definition of a New Testimament Christian as possible . . .

Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB)

Independent = "The church is not a member of any council, convention or is a part of any hierarchy outside the local congregation." Self-governing and autonomous would be descriptors here. Fundamental Independent Baptists churches typically remain separate from churches they deem "unsound," as well as other Baptists groups who join in with the "unscriptural" churches (i.e., any Baptist that organizes as a denomination).

Fundamentalist = holding to the "fundamentals" of the faith. This includes the original criteria advanced during the fundamentalist-modernist controversy of the last century. However, it also means to differentiate them from "evangelicals," "charismatics," and "pentecostals." Because they are cessationist, they would argue charismatic practices vitiate a church's claim to being a "New Testament" church.

Baptist = holding to a view of Baptist church government and history common to Baptist churches. However, in practice, the combined term, IFB, means more than this. It also includes a notion that Baptists are the only true NT churches and that they are not to be confused with "Protestants." As one of their writers describes it: "Historically, Baptists were never a part of the Roman Catholic Church or the Protestant Reformation. They cannot be correctly called "protesters" or Protestants who left the Roman Church."

If you need a memorable acrostic to understand the movement, try this one.
B—Biblical Authority (almost always safeguarded by a KJV Only position).

A—Autonomy of the Local Church (and they really do mean AUTONOMY).

P—Priesthood of the Believer (no sacerdotalism or clericalism).

T—Two Offices (Elder & Deacon - in practice this means pastor and deacons).

I—Individual Soul Liberty of the Believer (not only are they NT believers, they are NT believers who have a right to interpret the Bible without reference to church history or traditions as the Spirit "leads" as long as it does not contradict any of the points of this acrostic).

S—Saved, Baptized Church Membership (safeguarded by believer's baptism by immersion).

T—Two Ordinances (Communion and Baptism - although the sacramentology of the movement believes more in the "real absence" of Jesus from the ordinances and thus sees them essentially as dogged duty done only because Jesus ordained them to be done).

Permalink Reply by Daniel (Jackalope) on September 28, 2012 at 2:09pm

Non-denominational.

Permalink Reply by Ethan Delaney on October 9, 2012 at 5:33pm

I'm currently a member of the PCA (Presbyterian Church in America), though I am currently attending an OPC (Orthodox Presbyterian Church).

Permalink Reply by Stephen L (Dragon Turtle) on October 20, 2012 at 3:46am

I don't have a denomination, my life is simple, love the Lord, read the Bible, Pray everyday, and strive for a better relationship with Him and getting to know Him more and more...

Permalink Reply by E. Wright (waldgeist) on October 28, 2012 at 9:21pm

I'm Nazerene

Permalink Reply by mooseberry on November 18, 2012 at 3:30am

Hello! I am Mennonite. :)

Permalink Reply by Eli Porcunor on November 18, 2012 at 6:52am

Wow, this is a bit of a provocative forum! hehe However, I'm a Christian first, saved by grace, and attend a Baptist and an Anglican church, where there is great biblical teaching about Jesus who died to save us, and at which I love both of my church families.

Permalink Reply by Frankie Watson on February 9, 2013 at 1:39am

Pentecostals?!?

Permalink Reply by Lindsay (Opinicus) on February 22, 2013 at 10:46pm

Wow, I didn't know that there were so many different types of churchs, it interesting, but anyways I've always gone to Free Methodist Churches

Permalink Reply by Laurel S. on June 21, 2013 at 5:42pm

My denomination is the Reformed Presbyterian Church. It's a really tiny group of church's compared to most church's. I LOVE being Reformed Presbyterian, and don't think I'll ever leave it. You guys should check it out!

Permalink Reply by Christopher Cole on July 15, 2013 at 2:30pm

I am a Free Methodist minister, serving on the Genesis Conference of the Free Methodist Church of the United States. I did notice another FM on here. Was raised my entire life within Wesleyan-Arminian holiness tradition, having been part of the Wesleyan Church and Nazarene.

But there is something I want to clear up, and I think it's unintentional, but not all non-Catholic churches are protestant. Somebody previously mentioned that Methodists are protestant, that isn't true. The protestant churches are the ones that were created out of the Protestant Reformation, which would include mostly Lutheran and Presbyterian. And while other denominations certainly exist, there are numerous reasons for that that aren't tied to the reformation itself. Methodists are not protestant. They were begun as a supplementary to the Anglican Church and came out of that rather than the Catholic Church.

Sorry if I muddied up the waters a little bit.

Permalink Reply by Tia Wilson (Octcoplatypus) on December 19, 2013 at 2:55pm

Im Mormon.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

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