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Originally Posted by spicedparrot  I think its easier (at least in some LCMS churches) to be a 5 pointer as a layman and not pastor. However, I really don't have too much of a problem with the BoC on election.
Well, my questions are mostly out of curiousity:
Anyway, do you, and your church still hold to the "lutheran" view of the sacraments and christology?
If so, what do you think are the options for affiliation?
With the maturation of your Theology to what other confessions would you subscribe? |
My wife is still "Lutheran" in her understanding of the sacrament of Holy Communion. I am more Reformed (i.e., the presence of the divine nature of Christ, but not the human - John 16:7 is what finally did it for me). Chances are there are some in this small group who tend more towards a Lutheran pov, while others differ.
Our understanding of baptism is more uniform. We hold to a covenantal - not a regenerative - theology.
Our Charter Document simply states that we believe in "the mysterious and indefinable presence of our Risen Lord in the proclamation of His Word and the celebration of His Sacraments (Baptism and Holy Communion)".
While the BOC is a grand, even glorious, document, I cannot see us going in a Lutheran direction. As a thoroughgoing 5 pointer I personally could not subscribe to it. We'll probably be looking along the lines of the Reformed Episcopal Church, or the Traditional Protestant Episcopal Church, or the Evangelical Free. Or we might just remain independent. But it's still too early to begin speculation.
Personally I hold to the Westminster Confession of Faith, though not everyone in Redeemer Christian Congregation does ... yet!
The above groups - especially the REC and EFCA - might provide us with some leeway. That is, a Reformed pastor of a bit more diverse group.