Does Denomination Actually Matter? A Baptist Pastor Answers | Ask The Pastor Ep. 5

About this episode

The episode explores the significance of church denomination through a discussion with a Baptist pastor.

In Episode 5 of Ask The Pastor, we visit a Baptist church for the first time after filming exclusively with non-denominational churches. So the question is simple…Does denomination actually matter? CHAPTERS: 00:00-18:11 The church - Why Baptist? 18:12-28:39 Storytime 28:40-28:59 Hot takes 29:00-30:21 *Denominations divide the church more than they help it* 30:22-32:30 *You don't have to attend church to be a Christian* 32:31-35:06 *Street witnessing isn’t effective* 35:07-35:24 *A lot of people who call themselves Christians actually aren’t* 35:25-36:33 *Is it possible to follow Jesus seriously and still disagree with the modern church?* 36:34-40:46 *Churches should stay completely out of politics* 40:47-52:11 The Question

People in this episode

Guest: Pastor

Topics covered

• denomination
• Baptist church
• Christianity
• church attendance
• politics in church
• faith and disagreement

Keywords

• denomination
• Baptist
• Christian
• church
• politics
• faith
• witnessing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Baptist, non-denominational churches

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