Expert: Bruce Gourley - 8/24/2008

Question
i have been raised between a catholic and baptist home. i enjoyed the baptist church more and as i became older i started going to a baptist church.i got saved and baptized in my new church but i still struggle with what it means to be a baptist. could you shed some light on this for me ??

Answer
Being Baptist means different things to different people. At a most basic level, it means having a voluntary faith, a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, seeking to follow Jesus, looking to the Bible for spiritual guidance, being baptized by immersion, and being active in a local Baptist church.  It is, in other words, one particular expression of Christianity.  And apart from these basics, Baptists can be very diverse.

For further reading on this very broad subject, I recommend the following websites:

baptisthistory.org
centerforbaptiststudies.org
baptistlife.com
baptiststoday.org


God Bless,

Bruce Gourley
www.brucegourley.com