Church & Ministry

These are honest questions:

If an independent Baptist Church drops Baptist from its name but maintains the same doctrine and practice, would it be considered a Baptist church?

In ________ Baptist Church all decisions are made by the pastor with no opposition tolerated; would it be considered a Baptist church?

If a Baptist church has multiple elders, is it a Baptist church?

Finally, would you have close and co-operating fellowship with any or all of these churches?

Sweet heart banquets, sour heart seminars —sermons on love, marriage, or romance – does your church acknowledge Valentine’s Day in any particular way? Is this a useful holiday, a neutral one, or a worthless one. What are your thoughts?

Poll Results

Does Your Church Do Anything for Valentine’s Day?

Name changes are all around us. Some of them seem absurd (e.g., “Converge” for the Baptist General Conference); even when some have good logic behind them, the change is just not right IMO — like Cru for Campus Crusade). Churches are taking out the name of their denomination or type. I personally dislike that trend — if you are part of a group, you ought to be proud of that fact or get out! I know, things are not that black and white. Still, just saying.