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The Doctrine of Running Water
I have some relatives on my mother's side who are Baptist
But they are in a fellowship that believes you must be baptized in running water,
Either a creek or river
If you don't get baptized in an outdoor creek with running water, your baptism is invalid
Anyone heard of this ?
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No, are they country folks or maybe in a small town? I've always lived in the city so that wouldn't be likely here. Also, much of the running water in OK isn't deep enough for immersion.
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Originally Posted by
Pentecali
I have some relatives on my mother's side who are Baptist
But they are in a fellowship that believes you must be baptized in running water,
Either a creek or river
If you don't get baptized in
an outdoor creek with running water, your baptism is invalid
Anyone heard of this ?
You seem to have many relatives involved in unusual Christian activities
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They should baptism them with the garden hose
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shower instead of bathtub ?
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Outside times of persecution, the first Christians performed baptisms in public, much like John the Baptist did. That made it a form of public confession, that is probably why some passages mention believe+confess and others believe+baptized for salvation. I was baptized in a public swimming pool and there were staff present looking at us suspiciously. I liked that actually because it sort of made it real.
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Originally Posted by
Colonel
Outside times of persecution, the first Christians performed baptisms in public, much like John the Baptist did. That made it a form of public confession, that is probably why some passages mention believe+confess and others believe+baptized for salvation. I was baptized in a public swimming pool and there were staff present looking at us suspiciously. I liked that actually because it sort of made it real.
Good point...thanks
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Originally Posted by
Cardinal TT
You seem to have many relatives involved in unusual Christian activities
Why do you say?
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Let me guess, Pentecali is from a family with 10 children per generation and they keep track of several generations, meaning he has about 1,000 relatives that he keeps track of.
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Originally Posted by
curly sue
No, are they country folks or maybe in a small town? I've always lived in the city so that wouldn't be likely here. Also, much of the running water in OK isn't deep enough for immersion.
True, they are from the country. My mom moved to Los Angeles when she was 10, but her kin folk in the country
Carried on with this tradition
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