Where do you divide fellowship?

To enjoy church fellowship with other ministers or churches.... where is the dividing line?

Where do you say "let's not associate with them"

Would you answer each one:

My Answers

Tribulation & Endtime events - No
Trinitarianism - Yes
Water Baptism - Yes
Standards - hard to answer,,, depends on how extreme
Their understanding of Genesis? - No
Eternal Security - No
Their belief on Hell - No
Their belief that Jesus is the only way to be saved - Yes
Their understanding of Heaven? - No
Predestination - No
Women Preachers - No
Initial Evidence - No
Worship Styles - No

[scotty]

Define "associate"

[RandyWayne]

I can come up with a MUCH longer list then that, and probably assign a point system to each item where an ACCUMULATED point or "difference" score would dictate whether or not I would associate with them.

Or, I would do as the Bible says and love my neighbor as myself and try my hardest to treat ALL of those of different denominations as family.

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by Dr. Vaughn

To enjoy church fellowship with other ministers or churches.... where is the dividing line?

Where do you say "let's not associate with them"

Would you answer each one:

My Answers

Tribulation & Endtime events - No
Trinitarianism - Yes
Water Baptism - Yes
Standards - hard to answer,,, depends on how extreme
Their understanding of Genesis? - No
Eternal Security - No
Their belief on Hell - No
Their belief that Jesus is the only way to be saved - Yes
Their understanding of Heaven? - No
Predestination - No
Women Preachers - No
Initial Evidence - No
Worship Styles - No

Guess I lose since I had that Mormon couple over to Bar B Q with us yesterday.

[Timmy]

Tribulation & Endtime events - No
Trinitarianism - No
Water Baptism - No
Standards - No
Their understanding of Genesis? - No
Eternal Security - No
Their belief on Hell - No
Their belief that Jesus is the only way to be saved - No
Their understanding of Heaven? - No
Predestination - No
Women Preachers - No
Initial Evidence - No
Worship Styles - No

(Is anyone surprised? )

[Jack Shephard]

Originally Posted by Dr. Vaughn

To enjoy church fellowship with other ministers or churches.... where is the dividing line?

Where do you say "let's not associate with them"

Would you answer each one:

My Answers

Tribulation & Endtime events - No
Trinitarianism - Yes
Water Baptism - Yes
Standards - hard to answer,,, depends on how extreme
Their understanding of Genesis? - No
Eternal Security - No
Their belief on Hell - No
Their belief that Jesus is the only way to be saved - Yes
Their understanding of Heaven? - No
Predestination - No
Women Preachers - No
Initial Evidence - No
Worship Styles - No

This is easy for me to answer. Yes means I will fellowship and No means I will not. This makes it easier to understand.

Tribulation & Endtime events - Yes
Trinitarianism - Yes
Water Baptism - Yes
Standards - Yes, but they might not hang with me.
Their understanding of Genesis? - Yes
Eternal Security - Yes, but not 'unconditional grace' the law said if are married and you touch another women it is adultry, grace says you think about another women it is adultry- there is no such thing as unconditional security
Their belief on Hell - Yes
Their belief that Jesus is the only way to be saved - Yes
Their understanding of Heaven? - Yes, no one really understand all about heaven
Predestination - No-the ones that believe in predestination are hard-headed.
Women Preachers - Yes
Initial Evidence - Yes
Worship Styles - Yes

Most if not all of these are not dividing line, IMO. Unless I miss understood the intent of any of these.

[Jack Shephard]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Tribulation & Endtime events - No
Trinitarianism - No
Water Baptism - No
Standards - No
Their understanding of Genesis? - No
Eternal Security - No
Their belief on Hell - No
Their belief that Jesus is the only way to be saved - No
Their understanding of Heaven? - No
Predestination - No
Women Preachers - No
Initial Evidence - No
Worship Styles - No

(Is anyone surprised? )

No..lol

I would like to point something out here... if I might

everyone of you said in the above poll that you would not divide fellowship over someones understanding of Genesis.......

Well... I understand Genesis in a different way than many of you... I see the doctrine of Original Sin or Serpent Seed in Genesis......

See the point? We actually do take issue against things that really do not matter.. but I assure you if I walked into your congregation next Sunday..... the fact that I believe in Serpent Seed.. would definitly have some strong whispers going.. and the point is... by your own confessions.. it should not.. because it doesn't matter,, has nothing to do with salvation.. yet this board acts like it is a curse word

[TRFrance]

Okey dokey.

I guess this 'serpent seed' thing is the topic of the week.

[Cindy]

This is fun.