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Robert's Rules is the most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure in the United States. [3] It governs the meetings of a diverse range of organizations—including church groups, county commissions, homeowners' associations, nonprofit associations, professional societies, school boards, and trade unions—that have adopted it as their ...
Practices. Baptists practice believer's baptism and the Lord's Supper (communion) as the ordinances instituted in Scripture (Matthew 28:19; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). [ 5] Most Baptists call them "ordinances" (meaning "obedience to a command that Christ has given us") [ 6][ 7] instead of "sacraments" (activities God uses to impart salvation or a ...
The Union Baptist Institute, chartered April 28, 1904, joined with other Baptist associations, with Rev. Brewton as elected president of its board of trustees. [ 4 ] The co-ed Union Baptist Institute formally opened on September 12, 1905 with a four-building campus, serving 160 students in grades one through eleven.
The United Church of Christ General Synod in 1985 passed a resolution entitled "Calling on United Church of Christ Congregations to Declare Themselves Open and Affirming" [167] saying that "the Fifteenth General Synod of the United Church of Christ encourages a policy of non-discrimination in employment, volunteer service and membership ...
Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.Baptist churches generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before God), sola fide (salvation by just faith alone), sola scriptura (the scripture of the Bible ...
Book of Discipline. A Book of Discipline (or in its shortened form Discipline) [ 1] is a book detailing the beliefs, standards, doctrines, canon law, and polity of a particular Christian denomination. [ 2][ 3] They are often re-written by the governing body of the church concerned due to changes in society and in the denomination itself. [ 4]
The Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC ), alternatively the Great Commission Baptists ( GCB ), is a Baptist Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist organization and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian body in the United States. [ 1][ 2] The SBC is a cooperation of fully autonomous ...
The Baptist Faith and Message (BF&M) is the statement of faith of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). It summarizes key Southern Baptist thought in the areas of the Bible and its authority, the nature of God as expressed by the Trinity, the spiritual condition of man, God's plan of grace and salvation, the purpose of the local church, ordinances, evangelism, Christian education, interaction ...