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1. A “Christian” is simply any person who accept Jesus of Nazareth as the Son of God, fully God and fully man, who was virgin born, lived a perfect sinless life, Buy flomax Without A Prescription, crucified and physically died, miraculously rose back to life on the third day, 40 days later ascended to heaven, and will at an unknown future time physically return to earth to establish once and for all His eternal kingdom. This includes Catholics and most Bible based Christian denominations. This does not include Jehovah’s Witness, Mormons, Christian Science, or others groups that may be Christian like but fail to recognize the Godhood of Christ Jesus.
2, arimidex C.O.D. A “Protestant” is a Christian who is not a member of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther was a famous church leader (originally a Catholic priest) who played a key role in starting a movement called the “reformation” in which many protested against the power of the Catholic Church primarily for doctrinal problems that the Catholic Church had adopted over the years to bolster its political and financial powers. On October 31, 1517, Luther nailed his “95 Theses” to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg, Germany. The Protestants founded several new Christian denominations, most notably the Lutheran church. The Catholic Church itself vehemently opposed the Protestant movement, Order lotrisone, but eventually was itself subjected to reform its ways in many positive ways. However, there remains for Protestants a strong aversion to the rule of a Pope who is regarded by Catholics as an authority equal to the teachings of scripture.
3. A “Fundamentalist” holds Scripture as a highest authority for basing doctrine, and reject any teaching that would be in disagreement with the Bible. This view considers the Bible as a firm foundation that gives integrity to the believer and church and guards against attacks of false doctrines that undermine the truths specifically revealed to us by God in His word.
4. An “Evangelical” is a Protestant Christian that focuses on the mission of the New Testament church, to preach (Evangelize) the Gospel (good news) of salvation in Christ Jesus to the world that does not yet know him. In a practical way, this is a distinction from the liturgical protestant denominations (catholic like in that they have a formalized structure of worship and leadership) including Lutheran, Anglican, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, and Methodist – the earliest formed protestant groups. Evangelicals tend to be the younger denominations such as Baptist, Nazarene, and the rest that aren’t liturgical. (See a Matt 28:19-20), zovirax Online.
5. A “Charismatic” is a Christian believer or group that believes in the present active work of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers to do the supernatural works as displayed in Jesus Christ’s ministry and that of the New Testament church as described in the book of Acts. This is found in all types of Christian groups who want to seek a current move of the Spirit in their lives and ministry. Most commonly these groups have a worship service with spontaneous music and prayer times and seek the works of the Holy Spirit and a deeper spiritual connection to the Lord.
6. A “Pentecostal” is a Charismatic that believes in the personal “baptism in the Holy Spirit” marked by the sign of the gift of speaking in tongues as one of the gifts of the Spirit, Buy allegra Without A Prescription, and is distinct from the infilling of the Holy Spirit in a believer at the time of their initial salvation experience. Speaking in tongues in personal prayer of in a worship accompanied with an interpretation of tongues is seen as a normal part of Christian life and ministry as demonstrated in the book of Acts as the life of the model New Testament church and its leaders for the purpose of empowerment for the mission of evangelizing the whole world. (See Mark 16:15-16) Pentecostals believe in the use of all the gifts of the Holy spirit within the church body as described in 1 Cor. 12:4-11. Pentecostals also emphasize the doctrines of the end times that teach Christ’s soon return and the final events that would follow – giving urgency to personal evangelism and especially world wide mission’s work.
River’s Edge Church doctrinally includes itself in all six of the above defined groups.
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