Subject: Why should I talk to my local congrega? |
Bible Note: Hi Doc, Your question of why do I want to be a member there is a good one. The church, pastor, sermons, deeds are wonderful. The only problem that I have is the rebaptizm. Assuming that our first baptism was for real and was a 'believer's baptism', why should we be baptized again because the church does not accept the method by which we were baptized? Is not this causing your brother to stumble? Is this not arguing over the more minor points and missing the Main Thing? It isn't just this church that feels that way. Many baptist churches share this view. My stepson and I have gone through the new member class and I am now a member because I have been immersed. My stepson is being baptized by me in 2 weeks. My wife did not join with us. She loves the church but has a couple of reservations. The #1 probably being immersed when she has already been baptized via sprinkling in the Methodist church. She has accepted Jesus as saviour and lord and is definitly saved. She feels that her first baptism was sincere and sees no need to be now immersed because this church requires it for membership, therefore unless God can change her mind, she will continue to be an attendee while her adult son and I are members. Have all Methodists, Presbyterians, Catholics, Lutherins, etc. been baptized incorrectly? Are they really saved? I hope that this sheds some new light on my question. God bless, Jim. |