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Request knowledge of the beliefs held by DanP740
Meh, what the heck, I could use an excuse to actually think about stuff for once.
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Does your church have a statement of faith that you could share?
What is your stance on the Nicene Creed?
How often does your church take communion?
What does your average Sunday service look like?
Do you have any interaction with other churches in your area?
What is your stance on the Nicene Creed?
How often does your church take communion?
What does your average Sunday service look like?
Do you have any interaction with other churches in your area?
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What do you believe about the Trinity? Do you believe it to be an essential doctrine of the Christian faith?
What is your belief about the human will? Is God absolutely sovereign over it, or has he sovereignly chosen to make it a free will?
I think I remember you leaning toward theistic evolution in creationism debates, but could you elaborate on your views about origins?
If you could summarize the Gospel in one sentence (make it however long you want) how would you do it?
EDIT: Man, I thought I was going to beat Ayn to this one.
What is your belief about the human will? Is God absolutely sovereign over it, or has he sovereignly chosen to make it a free will?
I think I remember you leaning toward theistic evolution in creationism debates, but could you elaborate on your views about origins?
If you could summarize the Gospel in one sentence (make it however long you want) how would you do it?
EDIT: Man, I thought I was going to beat Ayn to this one.
Holy carp, nothing, nothing, then bam, 9 questions... This may take a little bit to get to all these, as I have to get off in 15 minutes, so I'll try to get through Ayn's first, and possibly a few of Christian's.
I'll get to the other two when I have time to think more.
Exactly what I expected the first question to be.John Chrysostom wrote:Does your church have a statement of faith that you could share?
First time I've ever read this. Seems to be a good statement of Christian beliefs.John Chrysostom wrote:What is your stance on the Nicene Creed?
On the first Sunday of each month. We may do an extra around Christmas or Easter, but I don't think that's happened very frequently.John Chrysostom wrote:How often does your church take communion?
We start with a hymn, then a scripture reading and prayer, then announcements, offering, 4 to 5 worship songs, occasionally an extra special song, then the sermon, then a closing hymn. The time the offering is taken can vary, sometimes before the worship team, sometimes after.John Chrysostom wrote:What does your average Sunday service look like?
For the last several years we have held a joint Thanksgiving Eve service with two similar-belief churches in the area, rotating who preachs, who provides music, and who "hosts" (we have the biggest building, so it's always in ours, but we still call the other one the host as they do the greeting and such). And last Sunday, for the fourth year, our church helped another church put on a living nativity scene in town, in the past we've also had a choir there.John Chrysostom wrote:Do you have any interaction with other churches in your area?
Theistic Evolution, no. Old earth, yes. God created the earth who knows how long ago, scientific research says many billions of years ago. It's the only way the biological and geological history we've observed is possible. I won't say that God didn't make animals evolve, but unless people can find every single species link, I find that direct evolution is highly improbable. Also, I think your beliefs about the age of the earth don't have bearing in whether you're a good person or not, as AIG seems to think.Christian A. wrote:I think I remember you leaning toward theistic evolution in creationism debates, but could you elaborate on your views about origins?
We're all sinners that deserve to die, but God sent his son Jesus to earth as a man, who was then killed, taking the punishment for our sins, and then rose from the dead, beating Satan, and then went up to Heaven, and all you have to do to be saved is believe that he is God, you're a sinner that can't pay the penalty yourself and need Jesus and that he took it for you; and it's not meant as an excuse for sinning as much as you want, you need to really try to be good.Christian A. wrote:If you could summarize the Gospel in one sentence (make it however long you want) how would you do it?
I'll get to the other two when I have time to think more.
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Christian: Got to move pretty fast to beat me
Dan: Does your church practice open or closed communion?
Do you believe that baptism is a symbol or something more? Same with communion.
Do you have any Christian writers who have influenced you?
In your statement of faith your church said "We believe that the Body of Christ is manifested through the local church which is a congregation of immersed believers." Do you think that congregationalism was the norm in the Early Church and if so at what point did Christian move from that to the Roman Catholic model?
Dan: Does your church practice open or closed communion?
Do you believe that baptism is a symbol or something more? Same with communion.
Do you have any Christian writers who have influenced you?
In your statement of faith your church said "We believe that the Body of Christ is manifested through the local church which is a congregation of immersed believers." Do you think that congregationalism was the norm in the Early Church and if so at what point did Christian move from that to the Roman Catholic model?
Time for part 2!
I would say it's pretty important.Christian A. wrote:What do you believe about the Trinity? Do you believe it to be an essential doctrine of the Christian faith?
I would say there's some plan set for us, but we have to make the right choices to be on that plan.Christian A. wrote:What is your belief about the human will? Is God absolutely sovereign over it, or has he sovereignly chosen to make it a free will?
I'm not exactly sure about the definitions, but at the start of communion the pastor says that you don't have to be an official member of the church, you just have to believe that Jesus died for your sins and rose again and that stuff.John Chrysostom wrote:Does your church practice open or closed communion?
I see both as just symbols, not anything absolutely necessary to be saved, they're just a good example and statement (baptism) and a special time to remind us if we don't always think about it (communion).John Chrysostom wrote:Do you believe that baptism is a symbol or something more? Same with communion.
None that I can specifically think of.John Chrysostom wrote:Do you have any Christian writers who have influenced you?
It sounds to me like they were somewhat congregational back then, but I don't really know much about early church history.John Chrysostom wrote:In your statement of faith your church said "We believe that the Body of Christ is manifested through the local church which is a congregation of immersed believers." Do you think that congregationalism was the norm in the Early Church and if so at what point did Christian move from that to the Roman Catholic model?
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Could a Roman Catholic take communion at your church?
What about a Mormon?
What about a Mormon?
I guess they could, I mean we don't run background checks on people before letting them do anything, so we can't really prohibit it in practice.
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I was more asking what would be the ideal practice.
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I am just going to step in right here, a lot of people reference Roman Catholics receiving communion at other churches, most good Catholics wouldn't take communion at other churches.
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I don't quite understand the question.
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Jehoshaphat: I realize that, I ask this question to see how open these churches open communion really is, I don't mean any disrespect to Roman Catholics.
Dan: What I mean is if a Roman Catholic came up to your pastor and identified himself as such and asked if he could take communion, however unlikely that may be, what would your pastor say?
Dan: What I mean is if a Roman Catholic came up to your pastor and identified himself as such and asked if he could take communion, however unlikely that may be, what would your pastor say?
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Why is that?Jehoshaphat wrote:I am just going to step in right here, a lot of people reference Roman Catholics receiving communion at other churches, most good Catholics wouldn't take communion at other churches.
I could only guess, as it's never been discussed in my hearing, but he would probably tell them no.John Chrysostom wrote:What I mean is if a Roman Catholic came up to your pastor and identified himself as such and asked if he could take communion, however unlikely that may be, what would your pastor say?
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And why would that be?
Are there any Creeds or Confessions that your church uses or identifies with?
Are there any Creeds or Confessions that your church uses or identifies with?
I have no freaking clue. Next question?
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Infant or believer baptism?
Seeing that baptism is a declaration by a believer, it doesn't make any sense to baptize babies, who have no clue what's going on.
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Because we believe that it is actually t he body an blood of Christ most other Christians believe that it is just a symbol.Jesus' Princess wrote:Why is that?Jehoshaphat wrote:I am just going to step in right here, a lot of people reference Roman Catholics receiving communion at other churches, most good Catholics wouldn't take communion at other churches.
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Oh, okay. Thanks for answeringJehoshaphat wrote:Because we believe that it is actually t he body an blood of Christ most other Christians believe that it is just a symbol.Jesus' Princess wrote:Why is that?Jehoshaphat wrote:I am just going to step in right here, a lot of people reference Roman Catholics receiving communion at other churches, most good Catholics wouldn't take communion at other churches.
Dan: Do you believe that miracles still happen?