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Originally Posted by Blueridge Baptist  Some of my baptist brethren won't let anyone who is not baptized by immersion partake and some if they are not part of "thier" group. Shamefull behaviour imo.  |
Iam not agree that i would be a shamefull behaviour, and i don't think it a matter of not being a part of their group. In our church (baptist evangelical), we also allowed presbyterian to join with the supper, but personally iam not totally agree with that. The baptist wanted to hold to the order, as God has showed it in His Word, namely repentance, baptism, memeber of the church and the lord's supper, this is accordingly to the baptist view on the NT nature of the Church. If you viewed infant spinkeling as a valid baptism, than i understand that you would have a problem with this, but if you don't view infant sprinkeling as a valid baptism, than it means that the are not baptized at all, so why would you not follow the order as God shows us in His Word, only for the sake of unity ? Why would separted baptism and Lord supper from eachother, only for the sake of fellowship ? I love my presbyterian brethern alot, and i love their fellowship, but i would not let their view on infant-sprinkeling have an influance on the ordinances of the local church, to seperated baptism and Lord's supper.