Sherri and those interested: the B.G.E.A. response

[berkeley]

PM,

Sherri doesn't believe that Billy Graham knows squat about the oneness message and Jesus name baptism. It looks like the Billy Graham Evangelical Association doesn't have their head in the sand.

[StillStanding]

Originally Posted by Berkeley

PM,

Sherri doesn't believe that Billy Graham knows squat about the oneness message and Jesus name baptism. It looks like the Billy Graham Evangelical Association doesn't have their head in the sand.

OIC!

[Jack Shephard]

Originally Posted by Pianoman

Well, there you have it! This is what the Christian church at large thinks about Oneness Pentecostals.



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.

I agree, but with that being said I don't think they like us outsider being negative towards them either.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Pianoman

Well, there you have it! This is what the Christian church at large thinks about Oneness Pentecostals.

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.

I agree with you on this.

If they have been around OP's much they've probably heard us rail about how trinitarians believe in "three gods" and heard us blast and belittle the doctrine of "the trinity." OP's and trinitarians often do not honestly describe the beliefs of each other.

[Sherri]

The boy that lives with us and attends Christ for the Nations Bible college told me that he has a professor that went off about oneness Pentecostals and was making fun of them and their beliefs. I tried explaining to him the difference in oneness and trinitarianism, but there are some inconsistencies on both sides. That's why we don't use either term, because neither is biblical. But I know what I believe; I just don't think everyone else has to understand it exactly like I do.

I am surprised at the response from the BGEA, by the way, Berk. However, most mainstream denominations would say anyone who denies the trinity is in false doctrine. I'm like Pianoman - I don't deny the trinity, but I do not think there are three separate distinct personalities that work independent of each other. I think they are all One.

At the end of the day, I just have to admit that as a finite creature, I DO NOT understand an infinite God.

[berkeley]

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