What gets my goat on this style of preaching is that as much as these baptists act as though they follow nothing but the scripture, it seems they dont read it or study it much. I even stayed at that church after college for a few years, even though my parents and younger sisters had moved a few hours north. Baptists, basing their beliefs solely on the Bible, and in particularly the New Testament, have never held to these teachings and see them as heresy. Again, its not about how we dress, but about who we are. 5:23) and the Chief Shepherd )1 Peter 5:4). 3:3). Our church stresses the importance of listening to music that is Christ-honoring and doesnt sound like war as the music mentioned while worshiping the golden calf in the Old Testament (inspired Scripture) The New IFB considers the modern nation of Israel to be a fraud and it also teaches that Christians rather than Jews are God's chosen people. They were in fact churches founded on the same New Testament principles that modern day Baptists traditionally founded their churches. Bj just leave and dont look back! Puritan churches persecuted the Baptists in America until the U. S. Constitution was made the law of the land in 1787. @Saved By Grace I read what you wrote, thats why I replied with what I wrote. Please excuse me. Yes, we do preach not to be unequally yolked with non-belivers and I agree with that. However, Jesus did not tell you or me that we should give ten percent. I was raised in an Independent, Fundamental, Baptist church in Pekin, IL. G.L. Church You are right, Jesus came to fulfill the law. You cannot read psalms w/out seeing those raised hands. Theres no recourse. New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist - Wikipedia Im glad the IFB believes in evangelism because it was through these efforts I was saved. Best wishes as you find your new, real/genuine walk with Christ. So you made assumptions based on very little. Register for events, receive notifications, read devotionals, watch or listen to recent sermons, and more. Part 2: My desk is as cluttered as my mind. Some formed new churches and called themselves Baptists to make it clear that they believed and followed the New Testament. It is in fact Gods Word in 17th century english. God uses us, to the extent that get out of His way. Believers are not set apart by the clothing they wear so much as their conduct, character, and lifestyle. [13] Robertson had previously attracted media attention after he stated that gay people should be shot and New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern should "go home and get in the kitchen". He also had a big thing against girls being in beauty pageants, not sure what the problem was there. Also, as a Southern Baptist, I am wondering if your fifth distinctive disqualifies my congregation, since we are members of the Southern Baptist Convention. Still today, many Protestants see the Lords Supper as a sacrament, having to some degree saving properties or giving some spiritual benefit. 401 S. Howell St., Chattanooga, TN 37412. They never truly loved me to begin with if they can't handle yours truly being truly apathetic about everything church supposedly offers them when said church acts as if someone like me doesn't exist just because I don't give 10% of my income to a group of organizations I know to be abusive and to be incompetent at best and outright hostile to someone like yours truly and his Asperger's. @greg I dont know what a right church looks like. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. I doubt I would be allowed to wear Just a Speedo to any Church on a regular basis. The name Protestant was given to those churches which came out of Roman Catholicism during the Reformation which began in the 1500s. From a Calvary Chapel web site: We do not maintain church membership; You must be born again spiritually to join the church of Jesus Christ, therefore membership is in the whole church of Jesus, not just our local fellowship., This practice stems from their Moses model (top down) style of church leadership. I feel like I dont even have a relationship with God and even question how to have one. I think any Christian should be allowed to wear what they want. That is what saved believers have always believed, because that is what the New Testament which is Gods Word to man says. 4:1-5, 1 Cor. Many churches were organized in the following years. The first Baptist church in New York was started by William Wichendon, in 1656. Please anyone readng this, go back and take a couple weeks and seriously read through the gospels again, over and over, our Lord talks about, and condemns pharisees and others for dressing up the outside and not being concerned about the inside, btw if the inside is right the outside will follow. I would agree with this. While IFB churches are autonomous, most of them share certain characteristics, many of which are below. They point fingers from a pulpit and pews and declare that to be sick is to be sinful. The heading of the website is true. Hi BJ. But when we begin to paint entire church groups with the broad brush of generalities then OUR motives become suspect. Im all about modest clothing, but I cant tell you how many sermons I have sat through where the man of God railed against women wearing slacks. You place too much value on modern denominational history. After leaving we received a couple phone calls from friends we had made there wondering why we left which my husband explained to them. They submit a request to become affiliated and then are supplied with a form to fill out.