What is a Happening Church to you? What is a Dead church?

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Originally Posted by stmatthew

Amazingly enough, you hear very little about trinitarian churches that "mature" to the place that even the basic fundamental doctrine of baptism in Jesus name is accepted. Doesn't sound like their maturing to me.

The Holy Ghost leads one into ALL truth. I do not for one moment believe that the Holy Ghost "skips over" the correct biblical method of water baptism, and allow someone to go on into perfection. Water baptism is a foundational doctrine. If one does not have it right, then they are off on everything else.

A True "Happening" Church will be a church where the True Word is preached to the congregation. A place where the congregation begins to look, talk, and over all act, like Jesus Christ. It will be a place were there is a balance. A place where gifts operate. A place where sinners are saved, and backslidders are restored. A place were saints grow in grace, and in the knowledge of the Lord.

It is not a "Happening Place" just because the steppers perform, or the McGruders sing. It is not "Happening" because the church shouts, and people jerk with convulsions under the "power".

To me, 2 things represent the "Happening" church:

Truth is preached and Maturity is reached.

Maturity will reached when there is an understanding of what it means to be people of His name ... as long as your definition excludes people who are filled the same Spirit that indwells you ... your truth ... will be just elementary understanding of what the name and person of Jesus entails and who is HIS BODY.

Please examine post 36 ... Trinnies and OP's both have called upon the name of the Lord. ... in the person of Jesus Christ our Savior.