I find these articles vague and tenuous. The presuppositions and "facts" are questionable. E.g.,
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Another possible reason for the Reformers’ and Puritans’ lack of emphasis on evangelistic outreach and missions may be the fact that they lived in a sacral society (a kind of Christian theocracy). In such a society, every citizen was a member of the church and most would have attended some church. And yet, most of these citizens were lost. |
How does the good doctor know who was or was not lost 400 years ago on a percentage basis?
From a practical standpoint, how do Baptists, who are congregationally independent by nature, tweak their Confession to suit the majority of other Confessional Baptists?