|
Pilgrim, thanks. From what I have found on internet over the past two years a lot of those churches listed are either, out of existence or are a group of about 5 that meet in someone's house and have kind of a loose set of standards (I am speaking strictly of my area). There are a lot of little inbred churches with just the pastor, his family and maybe one or two other families. They are usually small because no one could stand them. These churches tend to be like small business, some take off, some just barely survive then eventually die after a year but their names are still found on the internet.
I by nature have never been big on laws, rules and regulations but I think there should be order and not complete autonomy. There is one church in the area who makes it a habit of going after the other churches, even chasing one of to the EPC, that is what I was referring to. I have to admit I have not read enough about the issue of the sacraments yet to make a dogmatic claim one way or the other, and yes baptists are just as dogmatic about believer's only baptism.
__________________ Erick Bohndorf, Covenant Baptist Church, KS http://qayaqtraveler.blogspot.com/ The question for us today is, will we be like the majority of Israel and continue to look in fear at the giants in the land and urge our fellow Christians to be "realistic," or will we be like Joshua and Caleb and faithfully follow our king, trusting to fulfill every one of his promises completely? |