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Originally Posted by AtlantaBishop
Our Ministry for 35 years has been mostly outside the OP movement. I was born and raised Church of God of Prophecy and preached from the time I was 16. I ministered in mostly Church of God, Assemblies of God, Pentecostal Holiness and Independent Pentecostal (non-OP) until I was 26 years old. Every person I ever baptized - I baptized them in the Name of Jesus Christ.
I was involved with OP's for almost 20 years and was in the UPC for 11 and have been away from it for 8 years and rarely preach in an OP church.
I continue to preach the Revelation of Jesus Christ and baptize in the Name of Jesus Christ. Over 98% of the people I pastor have never heard of and have never been a part of Oneness Pentecostalism. Most of them are Jamaican or from some Island and had never heard of the Baptism of the Holy Ghost and most of them are now filled and baptized. We do not make it a requirement for membership but most of our people were saved and filled at the altars of our church.
There are many thousands of pastors outside the OP ranks that baptize using the name of Jesus in water baptism.
I do not use the F/S/HG wording but have no problem with ministers quoting the words of our Lord and Savior over people that are being baptized!
The problem comes in - in sectarian and elitist movements like the OP/UPC's that NOTHING IS GOOD ENOUGH!
It really does not matter how or who baptized you if you don't obey all their RULES! You still are not saved and that is what is so sad.
The OP's have a great revelation to share with the world - but if it is outside their little movement - they criticize it and alienate all possibilities of sharing it on a wide scale basis because they DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE BUT THEM IS SAVED!!!!!!!!
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uh, oh, AB.
Get ready to dodge those rocks, stones, boulders, and insults.