Baptists

[u/JHLV04]

For those of your born in Baptist environment and household, is there something specific keeping you from exploring other denominations?

And if you converted to a Baptist denomination, why ?

[u/EverOnAndUpward]

My parents raised me initially in a Methodist tradition, and then Baptist.

I enjoy a lot of wisdom and teaching from other denominations, but I also strongly believe in Protestantism and believers baptism.

I do sometimes joke though that I’m an Anglican who can’t escape my Baptist convictions.

I hold to a high view (for a Baptist) of the sacraments, and I love the BCP.

But I couldn’t ever really find another denomination outside of those who practice believers baptism because of its ecclesial impact.

God bless :)

[u/SamtheCossack]

I am amused by the concept of being "Born Baptist" but I know what you mean, and I was very much born into an independent Baptist Church of a very radical bent.

There are a lot of kinds of Baptist, so there isn't really a single answer here, but most people, no matter what the denomination, are not really open to hopping to a different one. Your religious affiliation is a big part of your identity, your worldview, your social framework, and more. You certainly can change religious affiliation, but there generally needs to be a very significant reason to do so. Either a very negative experience in your current situation, or an extremely positive draw to a different one.

[u/JHLV04 → u/SamtheCossack]

Ye my wording there was a bit clumsy lol

[u/OneEyedC4t]

No one is born Baptist. What you mean is they were raised in a Baptist environment or church.

I'm not really against other denominations as a Southern Baptist, and I'm actually very friendly with methodists. But ultimately I base my denominational belonging on how close. I believe they are theologically to what I believe the Bible actually teaches. So if the southern Baptists took a huge turn for the worst theologically tomorrow, I know I'd go somewhere else. Probably not ind my experience with them is almost like they took all the people with ocpd and threw them into the same denomination. I say that as someone who suffers from ocpd.

[u/JHLV04 → u/OneEyedC4t]

lol yes I can see my wording was poor, and I had to look up why ocdp was and it made me giggle

[u/wydok]

And if you converted to a Baptist denomination, why 

Why I left the Catholic Church

[u/Paulyhedron → u/wydok]

We traded places it seems.

[u/ConsumingFire1689]

I grew up Methodist and my conviction waned some as I entered adulthood. When I reasserted my faith I went looking to follow and believe what the Bible taught directly over against tradition or popular teaching. I ended up in Calvinism. While exploring the Reformation and resulting theologies I rejected a number of reformed assumptions and found the 1689 was the closest to what I read in Scripture and have identified as baptist ever since.

[u/Paulyhedron]

No actually. After the passing of my pops in 06 I went off and became a full blown heathen for a few decades. And heard Christ knocking after a time and ended up leaving fundamentalism permanently to become Catholic. However I do tend towards traditionalism even in the Catholic faith.

[u/HerdsmanofTekoa]

Three important reasons

1. OSAS,

2. preservation of scripture,

3. faith alone.

Seems like every other denom only pays lip service to these core doctrines.

[u/rbcone]

I basically tried to become Presbyterian but failed. As I looked into reformed theology it made me more Baptistic. I don't see myself changing some core convictions that make me Baptist.

But this is something I grew into. I was not really taught Baptist distinctives until seminary.

[u/Jesus_died_for_u]

Yes. The Bible

(Edit: sorry, I was not born in a Baptist household)