Members MikeWatson1 Posted August 14, 2023 Members Share Posted August 14, 2023 Here in NZ the English Baptist Union is the predominant form of Baptist in NZ. They are mostly Pentecostal and are little different to other mainline denominations like Methodists and Anglicans that have gone charismatic. Independent Baptist churches here most people don't know much about. What is your experience of Baptist Union churches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joe Chandler Posted August 16, 2023 Members Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) My friend started 2 churches in Hungary. He said the Baptist Union there was very liberal and used the Hungarian version of the Good News for Modern man. They were affiliated and approved of by the government. I don't know if this Union is similar to the NZ Union or not. What is the connection to the Reformation mentioned in the title? Are these folks both Calvinist and Charismatic? Edited August 16, 2023 by Joe Chandler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGloryLand Posted August 18, 2023 Members Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 8/16/2023 at 11:46 AM, Joe Chandler said: My friend started 2 churches in Hungary. He said the Baptist Union there was very liberal and used the Hungarian version of the Good News for Modern man. They were affiliated and approved of by the government. I don't know if this Union is similar to the NZ Union or not. What is the connection to the Reformation mentioned in the title? Are these folks both Calvinist and Charismatic? Sounds like everything or anything that is smooth to the ears. Is welcome and gladly received. MikeWatson1 and Joe Chandler 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeWatson1 Posted August 19, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 19, 2023 On 8/17/2023 at 3:46 AM, Joe Chandler said: My friend started 2 churches in Hungary. He said the Baptist Union there was very liberal and used the Hungarian version of the Good News for Modern man. They were affiliated and approved of by the government. I don't know if this Union is similar to the NZ Union or not. What is the connection to the Reformation mentioned in the title? Are these folks both Calvinist and Charismatic? The Reformation connection is that they have a human founder from the Protestant reformation. Most of them don't seem Calvinist but Armenian with loss of salvation possible. I was going to the odd Baptist Union church service and that was all I knew of Baptists until the mid 2000s. Then I was introduced to my first indy bap church. On 8/18/2023 at 11:19 PM, TheGloryLand said: Sounds like everything or anything that is smooth to the ears. Is welcome and gladly received. Yea that is the case mostly with NZ Baptist Union churches here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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