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One goal is to figure out, why so many…
Our San Antonio point of contact says 45,000. Some internet sites also say that. We would like to get to the bottom of it. To be so many, seems like this can be explained, but we need to hear it. To use this as a reason for saying “see, Christianity is stupid” we really want more context on this number.
We start with…
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Believes in Spiritual Gifts/Prophecies, and New Revelations in current day…
AKA, not Baptist.
Doctrine – Frequently Asked Questions – The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (lcms.org)
Less “religious” than Catholicism, but they hold on to love, on to many of the Catholic ways. They say, “We are not Catholic light, we are Catholic right!”
Lutherans have two denominations. No, three. No, five. See our Lutheran point of contact page to learn from a firsthand source, the differences.
What are the two different types of Lutheran churches? – MassInitiative
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Calvary Chapel
Get this, Calvary Chapel does not consider itself to be a Denomination, which sort of makes it one. Bigfoot Eruption goes to Calvary Chapel. Bible teaching and a more relaxed environment
Assembly of God
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Considered to be New movements…
Bethel
Hillsong
With some controversy…
Some cultish traits? Beware of thinking your “New and Better Christianity” is actually better. They call it “reformed” or “reformation,” which means the current way is not good enough so let’s pepper it with our own flavors.
Note: The Mormons felt hat Christianity needed reforming. Perhaps a key to why cults and denominations are born. But what does God want?
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NOT REVELATORY
Since Paul we have no ability to heal prophecy, give revelation, nor any other spiritual gifts because what is contained in the Bible is all we need and need no more.
Sounds a bit cultish, actually.
We learned a lot from Exorcist Father Martens on this. He said he speaks in tongues all the time during exorcisms and the demons hate it. Score one for Catholicism and the gifts of the Spirit.
On his Podcast he further explains how some protestants tried so hard to not be Catholic that they did away with many of the more powerful tools. Can’t be like the Catholics!
Baptist
More pending…