2006-12-03 08:20:55 · 6 answers · asked by Kendra 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Because we're Baptists, it varies from church to church. Baptists are like that. I'm one, and I love to celebrate Advent. Many Baptist churches will have an Advent wreath and will light a new candle each week, counting down the Sundays until Christmas. Some do a short reading when the candles are lighted, others don't.
In churches that follow the cycle of the church year (or the liturgical seasons) Advent gets more notice, but it's certainly not restricted to any one denomination. As for Baptists, many do and many don't. We're kind of independent that way, as you may've noticed.
2006-12-03 09:05:49 · answer #1 · answered by thejanith 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought that Advent was a Catholic practice. As Baptist we do celebrate the season building up to Christ's birth celebration - but we do not have all of the ritual that is involved with Catholicism.
2006-12-03 08:39:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised Baptist, and every time I visited a church during the Advent Season, it was practiced. Typicall, a short saying is read and a new candle is lit inside the wreath. The final one is lit on a Christmas Eve service. However, it is not as detailed as the Catholic practice is (I went to a Catholic school so I also learned their practice)
2006-12-03 12:08:31 · answer #3 · answered by klutz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking, no. Almost every time I've mentioned Advent to Baptists (at least American ones), the usual response is, "What's that?"
2006-12-03 08:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
we do...different families take turns lighting the advent candles each sunday, accompanied by a reading or testimony, and a prayer
2006-12-03 12:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by spike missing debra m 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We celebrate the coming of the New Year, don't you
2006-12-03 08:30:12 · answer #6 · answered by Miss Flame 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋