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Re: HELP! Looking for a church.
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Originally Posted by Levi
I don't post here much, but this thread caught my attention. It seems you come from a pretty traditional oneness Pentecostal church. When I read the articles of faith of your new church this got my attention. It says that, "Following faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, new believers are commanded by the word of God to be baptized in water as public evidence of that faith...". I thought baptism was for the, "remission of sins"? Not stirring the pot, just curious about this. Is this a "three step" church?
And just so noone flames me, I'm not judging, I'm just curious.
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Really good question. I have noticed that some traditional 3 step churches do post a rather vague statement of faith on their websites, possibly as to not alienate potential visitors before they even get there. It may not mean they don't think baptism is more than "public evidence of that faith" but just aren't saying it there.
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
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