Well, there you have it! This is what the Christian church at large thinks about Oneness Pentecostals.
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This group denies the Trinity, teaches that baptism "in the name of Jesus" is necessary for salvation, and requires speaking in tongues as evidence that one has received the Holy Spirit and is therefore truly born again. Church members are often expected to follow a strict code of behavior, which may become a means of maintaining their relationship with Christ. Any one of these doctrines sets them apart from most Bible-teaching, evangelical churches.
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No amount of schmoozing will diminish this thinking. They will only think that we are "looking their way!"
Although this description on Oneness churches is correct of conservative churches, it's not accurate for more liberal Oneness churches.
1. I don't deny the existence of the trinity. I believe in the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. I happen to believe these three are one. Isn't that like saying that they deny Jesus?
2. I believe baptism in Jesus name is the correct way to baptize, but I won't say that baptisms in the titles will necessarily ........ your soul.
3. I do believe speaking in tongues is evidence of the infilling of the Holy Ghost.
4. Of course, I don't believe the strict "code" that the conservative Oneness folks believe.
With that said, I don't like to hear "outsiders" try to explain what we're all about in a negative way.
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