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1 | Who constitutes the church? | Eph 4:3 | DocTrinsograce | 206046 | ||
Dear Val, Reciting the Lord's prayer has to do with practice. The salvific security of the believer has to do with doctrine, specifically relating to God's sovereignty and grace, as well as the nature of salvation. The Church of the Nazarene, has its roots in the Holiness movement, which had roots in the Wesleyan tradition, which had roots in Arminianism, which had roots in Semi-Pelegianism. Perhaps my experience is limited, but I've never found any of them to be very big on maintaining their historic, theological roots. Still, they hold pretty tenaciously to a synergistic soteriology and to a teaching of personal perfectionism. Beyond that, they appear to be about as "across the board" as many of my fellow Southern Baptists. They have a statement of faith of sorts, though, so you can read what they say of their doctrinal position: http://www.nazarene.org/ministries/gensec/ArticlesofFaith/display.aspx I would agree that the issues you mention do, indeed, fall into the category of essential doctrines. What you will want to do is find a church body to which you are able to commit yourself from a faith and practice standpoint, and one which will commit themselves to your growth in Christ-likeness. Of course, it helps when the church actually states what they believe, and it helps if the prospective member actually understands the issues. :-) At any rate, church membership is an extremely important question for anyone who seeks to be a disciple of Christ. (Indeed, there are some aspects of obedience that are impossible without a local congregation!) Therefore, we will be praying for you in your search for a congregation that holds firmly to the essential doctrines of Christian orthodoxy, and applies them in a consistently God exalting fashion. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Who constitutes the church? | Eph 4:3 | Val | 206054 | ||
I am a Southern Baptist. My mother and I attended Missionary Baptist since birth, although the description I have read in some places really does not fit the description of our church. We have always been in the SBC. After mother passed away, after years being out of church I returned to Southern Baptist church. That church split, started a new church (not me) but with them and it grew to about 450 members. Got tired of the fights over the music and use of hymnals or music on screens. Went to a church close to my home, band and all. Got to where the music was hurting my ears so we find ourselves at a closeby Nazarene church. I read their statement of faith but hard for me to figure out if I could stay there. Just trying it out. When your born and breed Southern Baptist its hard to go somewhere else. What is synergistic soteriology? Personal perfectionism - I try to obey Christ, is that sufficient? As I said all the churches in my area are in upheaval - I am sure you read about the Jerry Sutton saga. Its hard to find a good fit. We are comfortable at the Nazarene church but are not involved, wanted to find out if we will stay first. I would appreciate your prayers. Blessings Val | ||||||