I need 10 interview questions to ask a baptist minister about the baptist religion.?

Question

I am not a religious person at all. I need to come up with ten interview questions about the baptist religion. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Here's a few:

The first Baptist church in America was founded about 1640. Why did literally no Baptist church in America observe Christmas until 130 years later?

Halloween plainly celebrates the occult, and so many Baptists refuse to participate. Do you recommend that Christians embrace or reject the occult?

Nearly all Baptists recognize "Jehovah" as the English name of Almighty God. So why do Baptists prefer bible translations which remove the Divine Name?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

1) Why do you believe what you believe?
2) Why do you think I should agree with you?
3) If you believe what you believe, what is your assessment of your own life in light of these beliefs?
4) What, exactly, do you believe about God?
5) What do you believe about the afterlife?
6) Do you believe in the election of the saints, and why?
7) What do you believe concerning the diety of Christ and the nature of the Holy Spirit? Why?
8) Do you think it's enough to just believe in God and Jesus just so that you won't go to Hell?
9) Do you, personally, feel the Holy Spirit at work in your life? Can you give examples?
10) If you could change one thing about God's Word, what would it be?
NOTE: question 10 is a trick question. If you get any answer other than "No, I wouldn't change anything," do not give creedence to anything the man has to say. These questions are good for interviews with any Christian minister in any denomination.

Answer 4

What is the core belief(s) of baptist?

What distinguishes baptist from any other Christian church?

Do you believe in "once saved always saved"? Why?

Where does the title "baptist" derive from?

Do you believe the Earth is 6,000 years old?

What role do women have in the Baptist church?

Which headquarters are you associated with?

(here are a few, plus ask questions about your own conclusions on why you don't believe, contradictions, evil god, other religions, no empirical evidence, whatever it may be)

Answer 5

1) What is "priesthood of the believer"?
2) Is baptism a neccesary part of salvation?
3) Explain the trinity?
4) What is the "holy spirit" and how does it apply to us today?
5) Do all Baptists share any beliefs? What are they?
6) Do you believe in the inerrancy of the Bible?
7) Is our fate pre-destined?
8) Can women preach or be deacons in your church?
9) What is the role of the deacon in the church.
10) Who makes financial and business decisions in the church?
I'm a baptist and have preached,,, a lot of these questions are ones baptists deal with all the time.

Answer 6

1. What do they believe about Jesus Christ, who he was, and what he did? This question is important to understand the scriptures and to determine whether or not they are false teachers. Anything that does not coincide with the teachings of the Bible is considered a false teaching.

2. What do they believe about Creation? Finding out if they believe God is the sole creator of everything is also key to understanding false teachings.

3. What do they understand about the Christian symbol, the Cross and what it means? This was third of the four pivotal events in history. The cross as a symbol includes His virgin birth, sinless life, scrificial death, and His resurrection. When He died on the cross to take on the sins of the world, He ended the age of law and introduced the age of grace.

4. Ask them how much they know about the Bible. 25% of the Bible contains instruction on how to live in the present and how to treat others. About 30% of the Bible is dedicated to prophecy.

5. Ask what they know and understand about the scrifices in the Old Testament and why that all changed in the New Testament. In Old testament days, obedient faith required men and woman to sacrifice an innocent lamb in the obedience to the instruction of God. Since the finished work of Christ on the cross, that act of faith is the bending of one's knees before the cross and calling on the name of the Lord for repentance. That act of divine mercy spelled the end of the Old Testament sacrificial system and was replaced by the new and better covenant made possible by the blood of Christ.

6. Find out what they know about Christ's Olivet Discourse.

7. Ask them about Matthew 24:1-8, 36, which is a prophecy of the end of times.

8. Find out what they know about the Anti Christ.

9. Quote someone famous. Dr. John Walvoord is a dean of all living prophecy experts and stated, " The prophecies about Jerusalem make it clear that the Holy City will be in the center of world events in the end time...The conflict between Israel and Palestinian Arabs will focus more and more attention on Jerusalem..." Find out why this is. Ask if he agrees. The fascination with Israel? At the geographical center of the world and at one point only 9 miles wide, Jerusalem is the key to end time prophecy.

10. Find out if he believes the bones of Jesus' family were really discovered and why he believes that way. The Bible teaches us that Jesus was resurrected on the third day in BODY and in spirit. The only thing left was his clothes.

These, among other important facts, are the most debated and talked about issues of the day. Start from there and come up with some questions.....If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

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-Theresa

Answer 7

Ask them why they dont have a info structure?

Why every baptist Church can make up there own rules in that particular church?

Ask what is Soul Freedom?

Ask them where there priesthood athority comes from?

Shouldnt a church be set up like the one of the primitive time?

Ask them if they are paid for doing the work of the lord.


I testify that there is one true church that is in unity and has the athority of Christ and all the ordinances of the Gospel restored.

It is a promise in the book of Mormon that he who reads fully and asks in the name of Christ if the church and book are true that God will manifest the truth to the reader through the power of the holy ghost.

Answer 8

1) What do you think the Apostle Paul meant when he said, "I desire to know nothing except Christ, and him crucified"?

2) How would you apply the principles of what you've answered in your own preaching and teaching?

3) What do you believe Christ accomplished by his death at Calvary?

4) How would you convey that to people unaware of the extent of their own, personal sins?

5) What was your own, personal conversion experience?

6) Given that the Bible speaks of God being pleased to use "the foolishness of preaching" to convey his message, how do you feel about being devoted to this oft-ridiculed ministry?

7) How would you respond to contacts with people of other denominations, like Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Unitarians, Catholics, etc, who might accuse you of either being in the Devil's employ, or of needing to come back into the fold?

8) What evidence of God calling you to this particular ministry can you provide?

9) How would you work out the biblical principle of "the priesthood of all believers" in any congregation you pastored?

10) How much do you reckon the Lord loves you, and how much do you love the Lord?

Answer 9

1. Why are missions so important to you? 2. Why do you work so hard, going to hospitals, weddings, funerals, when you make so little? 3.Why do you believe the Bible is the word of God? 4.What does your church do to help the community? 5. Does your congregation argue over what type of music you sing in the service?

Answer 10

Mark Dever is a pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C. He has written a book called 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. Although the title is somewhat generic, I think the 9 marks are good. You may want to ask your potential pastor if he holds to these distinctives. For more information, see the book. If you don't want to buy the book, you can find out more about the nine marks at www.9marks.org They have a lot of material on the following issues.

The nine marks are as follows:

1. Expositional Preaching
This is preaching which expounds what Scripture says in a particular passage, carefully explaining its meaning and applying it to the congregation. It is a commitment to hearing God’s Word and to recovering the centrality of it in our worship.

2. Biblical Theology
Paul charges Titus to "teach what is in accord with sound doctrine” (Titus 2:1). Our concern should be not only with how we are taught, but with what we are taught. Biblical theology is a commitment to know the God of the Bible as He has revealed Himself in Scripture.

3. Biblical Understanding of the Good News
The gospel is the heart of Christianity. But the good news is not that God wants to meet people's felt needs or help them develop a healthier self-image. We have sinfully rebelled against our Creator and Judge. Yet He has graciously sent His Son to die the death we deserved for our sin, and He has credited Christ's acquittal to those who repent of their sins and believe in Jesus' death and resurrection. That is the good news.

4. Biblical Understanding of Conversion
The spiritual change each person needs is so radical, so near the root of us, that only God can do it. We need God to convert us. Conversion need not be an emotionally heated experience, but it must evidence itself in godly fruit if it is to be what the Bible regards as a true conversion.

5. Biblical Understanding of Evangelism
How someone shares the gospel is closely related to how he understands the gospel. To present it as an additive that gives non-Christians something they naturally want (i.e. joy or peace) is to present a half-truth, which elicits false conversions. The whole truth is that our deepest need is spiritual life, and that new life only comes by repenting of our sins and believing in Jesus. We present the gospel openly, and leave the converting to God.

6. Biblical Understanding of Membership
Membership should reflect a living commitment to a local church in attendance, giving, prayer and service; otherwise it is meaningless, worthless, and even dangerous. We should not allow people to keep their membership in our churches for sentimental reasons or lack of attention. To be a member is knowingly to be traveling together as aliens and strangers in this world as we head to our heavenly home.

7. Biblical Church Discipline
Church discipline gives parameters to church membership. The idea seems negative to people today – “didn’t our Lord forbid judging?” But if we cannot say how a Christian should not live, how can we say how he or she should live? Each local church actually has a biblical responsibility to judge the life and teaching of its leaders, and even of its members, particularly insofar as either could compromise the church’s witness to the gospel.

8. Promotion of Christian Discipleship and Growth
A pervasive concern with church growth exists today – not simply with growing numbers, but with growing members. Though many Christians measure other things, the only certain observable sign of growth is a life of increasing holiness, rooted in Christian self-denial. These concepts are nearly extinct in the modern church. Recovering true discipleship for today would build the church and promote a clearer witness to the world.

9. Biblical Understanding of Leadership
What eighteenth-century Baptists and Presbyterians often agreed upon was that there should be a plurality of elders in each local church. This plurality of elders is not only biblical, but practical — it has the immense benefit of rounding out the pastor’s gifts to ensure the proper shepherding of God’s church.