How would you describe an independent fundamental baptist church and their doctrines?

Answer 1

The name Fundamental Independent Baptist is of recent origin and came into being as a result of many modern day Baptist churches compromising the Word of God and teaching and practicing false doctrines.

There were however, many Baptists who loved the Word of God and held true to it and refused to abandon the teaching of the New Testament. In order to distinguish between the doctrinally unsound Baptist churches and those that believed the Bible many Baptist churches changed their name.

These true Baptists added the adjectives Fundamental and Independent to their name in order that they not be identified with the false practices and teaching of the doctrinally unsound churches using the Baptist name.

The word "Independent" means that the church is not a member of any council, convention or is a part of any hierarchy outside the local congregation.

An Independent Baptist Church would not be apart of a national Baptist organization such as the Southern Baptist Convention, the American Baptist, or any other Baptist organization that would exercise authority over the local church. Thus, the name "independent" means that the church patterns itself after the New Testament example and stands alone under the authority of the Bible.

Independent churches have no organized organization over them in authority. They direct their own affairs under the authority of the New Testament Scriptures, free from the outside interference.

The New Testament teaches that Christ is the head of the church,(Eph. 5:23) and the Chief Shepherd )1 Peter 5:4). The local pastor is the shepherd (Heb. 13:17, Acts 20:28, Eph. 4:11) or leader of the congregation.

The Independent Baptist church has a congregational form of government with each member having the right of the vote and all the affairs of the churches are conducted by the local congregation following the guidelines of the New Testament.

Independent Fundamental Baptist churches have fellowship one with the other and often cooperate in such things as evangelism. They, however, will only fellowship or cooperate in joint meetings with churches of like belief. They will not participate, on a church basis, in any outside function with churches which do not also strictly base their faith and practice on the New Testament. They will not participate in joint meetings, or evangelistic endeavors, with Protestants, Catholics, or other doctrinally unsound church groups who do not hold to the fundamental teachings of the New Testament (Examples: Billy Graham, Promise Keepers)

Fundamental Independent Baptists church will remain separate from these churches as well as other Baptists groups who participate with the unscriptural churches. They practice the Biblical teachings of separation as stated in Ephesians 5:11, which says, "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." The Independent Baptist believes that to join with churches who teach and practice false doctrine is condone and even show approval of Biblical error and that all doctrinal error is sin.

The officers of the local church are pastors and deacons. (I Tim. 3:1-16) The pastor of the church is called by majority vote of the congregation. Men meeting the Biblical qualification of deacons (I Tim. 3:8-13) are appointed from the local congregation and approved by the majority vote.

Many Baptist churches have Trustees, but their position was established in order to have legal "signatories" to sign legal documents of the church. Neither Deacons or Trustees are a governing body nor a "board," but titles of special appointed servants who service and are subject the will of the pastor and congregation.

The word "Fundamental" means that the Baptist church uses the New Testament strictly as its authority for faith (doctrine) and practice. In recent years the news media has called doctrinally unsound church such as the Charismatics and Pentecostals "fundamentalists." Even some TV evangelists have referred to themselves as being "fundamentalist." But they should not be confused with Fundamental Baptists.

They are in fact worlds apart. Many of the TV evangelists and all of the Charismatic and Pentecostal churches promote teachings which are not Biblical. Fundamental Baptist use the name in its strictest sense as meaning holding to the fundamentals of the New Testament teachings without error.

True Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches uphold the purest teachings of the early church as revealed in the New Testament

Answer 2

As with most Baptists, the Bible is their soul authority, and they believe that baptism is required after one has believed in Christ, and does not contribute to one's salvation.
They also believe, in theory, at least. in the autonomy of the local church.
Where they differ from affiliated Baptist Churches can vary. It depends why they are independent.
For instance, some are simply independent because they feel affiliation would make it hard to practice local church autonomy, but they get along perfectly well with other churches.
Others are independent because they disapprove of practices of affiliated Baptist churches, They might think they are compromising with "the world" (legalistic kinds of independent Baptist churches). They might think the affiliated churches are overly cooperative with other groups of churches that the indpependents feel do not represent New Testament values. We call these independant Baptist churches with strong separatist tendancies. These types actually tend to develope a very closely-knit association with other like-minded churches, not being independent at all, until there is another division among them.
Usually when the rest of the Baptists hear of an independent baptist church, we tend to wonder right away if it is not a legalistic, separtist type of church. However it may not be the case at all.
For instance, one might start a new church somewhere, and start it independently, not decided with which association or denomination they want to affiliate. The church grows, and they never get around to joining some organisation, but are quite open to fellowship with different associations of churches.

Answer 3

It is difficult to make generalizations about a particular church based on the limited information you provide. Many churches have doctrines that do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of their faith association. Thus a particular denomination typically has churches ranging from liberal to dogmatic views while existing under the same doctrines. Ultimately, it boils down to the particular people that comprise a church and how they interact with their social context, whether in compassion and grace or judgment and separation.

Answer 4

Let me know if they bite, but they probably won't, and if you don't either, you should be able to keep any beliefs you have that don't agree exactly 100% with theirs. I'm Reformed/Presbyterian and I go to a Baptist church, and we focus on our relationship with God rather than how we got there. Works out just fine.

Answer 5

Strict adherence to Biblical fundamentals, some lean toward legalistic views on some issues such as separation, Bible Versions, dress, and music

Answer 6

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Answer 7

A Church that had it's own little Pope

Answer 8

Ignorant, narrow-minded, and deviant.