Anabaptist Ideals
The List of Anabaptist Beliefs
In our opinion, the list below defines an Anabaptist Christian. In the list, it is not included fundamental beliefs of Christianity , but only those which Anabaptist Christians have.
The List of Anabaptist Beliefs
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Infant baptism is a false baptism. Moreover, baptism does not save. One has to be saved in order to be baptised, i.e. the condition for baptism is to be a follower of Christ by having a living belief in Christ (cf. Acts 8:36-38).
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Church and the State should be separated. Church is a Body of followers of Christ who respect the Laws of the State as long as it doesn't contradict with the Law of Christ. Church is not a political institution having any political power in the State. Church should not have any support from the State.
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The Roman Catholic Church is not the true Church of Christ.
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Calvinist theology of God's election is wrong. God does not unconditionally reprobate people to Hell. Rather, God's Manifested Wrath is conditional, and the condition is of not being in Christ. God will show His wrath only to people who are not in Christ. Likewise, God's election is conditional, and the condition is being in Christ. God elects only people who are in Christ.
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Lutheran theology of salvation is wrong. Faith in Christ should be a living faith, faith which is confirmed in the fruits of Spirit. People who are living sinful life, without true repentance, will end in Hell. Living in sin and occasionally falling in sin are not the same thing. All children of God can fall in sin because of our weaknesses, but they do not live in sin.
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Worshiping God is a very serious thing, and we ought not to introduce new things in our Worship, of which the Bible doesn't say anything about.
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The Bible is a closed canon of holy books, i.e no more additions to the Bible are allowed because there are no more Apostles and Prophets in the Church. Only Apostles and Prophets have the authority to add new books to the Canon of the Bible. There are no new revelations or prophecies, and all supernatural Charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit are no more present in the children of God. The Charismatic gifts were only present during the Apostolic period of Church (the 1st. century). The Bible is our necessary and sufficient supreme authority in our lives.
We wish to be in contact with all Christians who are skeptical towards Charismatic movement, who neither are influenced by Lutheran/Calvinist ideas nor are Catholics. If you share all above seven beliefs with us then we would be happy to know you, so that we can mutually benefit in the fellowship within the Body of Christ. For this purpose, we have formed the Anabaptist Forum . Welcome to join us.
The reason for forming the Anabaptist Forum is to share and give encouragement for our beliefs that very few Christians hold. There are not so many who holds Anabaptist beliefs, as described in the list of the Main Page. Because of the fact that there are very few Christians who have Anabaptist beliefs, we can feel quite lonely. Therefore, we need a fellowship that would encourages us and share our struggles in our life.
However, let it not be understood that we think that all other Christians, of different denominations, are not children of God. We just feel uncomfortable to worship God as they do. It is Christ who saves us and not the mere membership of some local church. It is not ours to judge who is saved, but rather to judge whether some doctrine and practice is true. If the doctrine or practice is not true, then we ought not to follow it.
Every child of God is belonging to the Body of Christ by having the Holy Spirit in his or her life. To repeat, someone is a child of God regardless whether someone is belonging to some local church or not. It is Jesus who is our Savior and not the Church. The salvation is through Jesus Christ, and it is not through belonging to some local church. To be a member of some church, whether it is a house church or congregational, is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for salvation.
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