Tag: Baptism

Baptist Movement: Reflections on Flexible Distinctions. Part III

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<This is a continuation on Baptist distinctives and their value in flexibility for missions, and some missional risks regarding each of these. NOTE: Not really focusing on the correctness or falsity of these distinctives.> Individual Soul Liberty of the Believer. Some add “Responsibility” or Individual Soul Liberty and Responsbility of the Believer. The individual is …

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Missiological Implications of the Symbolic Understanding of Baptism

On By missionmusingsIn Contextualization, Mission Theology, Parables/Allegories1 Comment

<Note: I take a more Baptist understanding of Christian baptism (although I am certainly more open-minded than some). Thus I understand baptism as primarily symbolic rather than sacramental or salvific. However, I think most all Christians would agree that there is a strong symbolic aspect to baptism. As such, hopefully there are thoughts here worthy …

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