53. Let God tell you who He is in the letter He wrote for you and youll find a love you cannot comprehend. 31. If your church allows no outside group of singers to perform at your church for fear that not all of their individual theologies line up with the churchs you might be an independent fundamental Baptist. You consider it a personal failure if you are not able to find a verse within ten seconds, and secretly proud if you are able to find it right away. Im sure that this was meant to be funny but I can tell that you seem bitter. Me and my husband got saved 3 1/2 years ago at an IFB church. Simply not true. We fellowship with sister churches of like precious faith and practice, and support missionaries sent forth by the authority of such churches. WebIndependent Fundamental Churches of America, fellowship of conservative, independent Christian churches stressing biblical truth. Abortion constitutes the unjustified, inexcusable taking of unborn human life. Praise God because us getting married and having faith we both grew. If you look down on people who are divorced, you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist, 38. Auckland, New Zealand, New IFB pastor Logan Robertson was deported from Australia in July 2018 after being accused of harassing Muslims at two Brisbane mosques. Its insidious and extremely toxic. We believe that men are justified by faith alone and are accounted righteous before God only through the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 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Even I believe that if you are living in sin you are getting to the point where you are eventually will lose your salvation. Steve, Im a 29 year old pastor of an independent Baptist church. They all work together. Is that what the great commission tells us to do: Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and send lost loved ones to an IFB church so that they might be saved (DHV Don Holt Version). No, but I wanted to send the rest of my life with him. 2. I cant stand when preachers pound the pulpits because its distracting and irritating for me though I am not against preachers yelling as long as they dont yell too loud. Wow! Who are the Independent Baptists, and what do they believe? If your church as at least 2 Revivals per year, you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist. Sometimes it makes you wonder if they have EVER read/learned anything from Jesus! They are shared in my article about tithing: https://baptistdeception.com/tithing/. Get over it and work to rebuild the relationships instead of tearing down. If you believe that all Catholics are going to hell, you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist, 35. as a former IFB, I read this.mmmmmm, mixing truth with deceptionI wonder the author uses, the same tactics as the serpent in the garden??? Id rather do the hard work than be a robot though. This led to calls to evict Stedfast Baptist Church from its location at a strip mall in Watauga, Texas. To train up a child does not mean to beat him with a rod, although there BE TIMES that a spanking becomes necessary, but NEVER out of anger. WebIndependent Fundamental Baptist churches have fellowship one with the other and often cooperate in such endeavors as evangelism. If you think that tithing 10% of your gross income is the minimum, you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist, 6. I remember a particular lesson in church about the rod and staff. Hope you have a great day! God Bless. Point is that we are to edify with love and meekness all brothers and sisters in Christ, not criticize in front of a lost world. If you first came to church because Brother Dave or Brother Mike knocked on your door and invited you, you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist. And as the word independent implies, we are not all alike. The independent fundamentalist Baptist movement emerged sometime in the 1940s as an attempt to continue the legacy of the fundamentalist movement of the Is to help you find a bible believing church, an Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, that seeks to serve and honor the Lord Jesus Christ. )(yikes), because I never want to put that church building and hierarchy that rules it above Christ. Pastor and his wife paid for reception, photographers, and and shower. Plus they believe that one cannot lose his salvation, Eternal Security, or Once Saved, Always Saved on the Calvinist view. Im happy to defend my position, but I dont tolerate assumptions, attacks, accusations, judgments, bullying or anything of the like. The abuse would continue and they would be dead and their child would be in foster care. If your church encouraged you to make your own decision about becoming baptized, you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist. 1 John 1:9 13. We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord (Luke 23:43; Revelation 20:4-6; II Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23, 3:21; I Thessalonians 4:16-17). Of course these cultural attachments border on the cultic, no doubt are legalistic, and hopefully will disappear eventually as the old guard depart their bondage in this life for Glory! Im still separate I have just decided to sin. 6 And they love to sit at the head table at banquets and in the seats of honor in the synagogues. They bought your loyalty. They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you. If you think that you should cut your vacation short so that you can make it back in time for Sunday morning Sunday School, but think its OK that your pastor miss a Sunday or two because hes on vacation, you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist, 5. All people need to do is humbly ask for one. 2. The Baptist Distinctives are easy to remember using the acronym B.A.P.T.I.S.T.S. Using guitars in church is too liberal That was not the case at the church I grew up in when the last pastor I had when he came to Mountain Church of Christ when he first arrived (which is instrumental though membership is small). And, aside from the ones you mentioned that are truly sinful (i.e, #17, #53), and the ones that are just inaccurate (i.e, #13, #16, #35), some of these are interesting picks to end up on the list. And, I am genuinely sorry if any unbiblical or otherwise wrong IFB group, person or church, has hurt anyone here. Mind you all this was before I repented and ask God for forgiveness. What an extensive list. There are some things that the IFB does very well, such as fellowship. Pastor dont preach on smoking unless he preaches on a list of things that destroy the body. It took exposure to more mature Christians (who were not not IFB!) What is a Bible Baptist Church, and what do Bible Baptists believe. If you think that the other translations are too wordly that right there I dont like. BUT, there is good news! when you run into her at Wal*Mart. IF you are a single Independent Fundamental Baptist where do you go to meet other single Independent Fundamental Baptists? Every person is subject to these authorities, but all (including the authorities themselves) are answerable to God and are governed by His Word. I was taught that I needed to let God change him. Hypocrites! (1 Timothy 3:1-13; Acts 6:1-7;Philippians 1:1), God established both civil and local church governments. The pastors name is Kevin Draganac. 46. He says he isnt saved but is open minded and is at least asking questions. I dont think having two revivals a year is a bad thing as they word states we should continue to get together as believers. Although some Independent Baptist churches refuse affiliation with Baptist denominations, various Independent Baptist Church denominations have been founded. Youre perfect for them because they dont want people challenging their belief system. 2Co 5:15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. Besides saying that those who practice any of these that arent saved is wrong because that is judging. WebThe Road to Emmaus Baptist Church is an independent Baptist church in Monaca, Pennsylvania. I was in an IFB church for eight years and left because the weight of never feeling that I would be good enough for this church had worn me down. If you refuse to use any other Bible version than the KJV because you think its either too worldly, sinful or less accurate,you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist, 4. If this life of inner peace is what I can have without feeling the need to write long lists then Ill take it. A strong percentage of our funding comes through several hundred local churches who support God Bless. Clapping after special is music is wrong because it gives praise to performers rather than to God That statement is wrong. Christ is the o nly head of the church (Acts 13:1-4, 15:19-31, 20:28; Romans 16:1, 4; I Corinthians 3:9,16; 5:4-7,13; I Peter 5:1-4). If Just As I Am causes you to repent and go to the altar, you might be an Independent Fundamental Baptist. We reject all cooperation with this movement. The lost in the world watch us Christians closer than we know. We believe that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues and the gift of healing, were temporary. Jonathan I have a question for you..IF the wine is grape juice (as in the water Jesus turned to wine)HOW can you get drunk on it???? We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men (John 1:1-2, 14; Luke 1:35; Isaiah 9:6; 7:14; Philippians 2:5-8; Galatians 4:4-5). Attending an IFB church is the only way to hear the true gospel and get saved There are so many churches that claim the be the one, true, church, especially the Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Anglicans, some Lutherans, Jehovahs Witnesses, Mormons, etc. All Catholics will not go to heaven is absolutely wrong.