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Adopted said:
It seems that there are as many ideas and practices in confessing ones faith as there are churches. What would constitute a "Reformed" and valid confession of faith for church membership? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bif.gif" alt="" />

Denny

Romans 3:22-24

Denny, I have always wondered when this tradition started. I do nto see any example in the written word of man putting himself in the church, yet we see God adding to the church. I know this practice of conversion narrfatives became abused in new england. Many would be grilled for hours and hours. then people began to just say what the knew Edwards et al would want to hear. I have no problem with covenenting per se' but when it is done as a litmus test for membership, I dont see it in the writ

There never was a sinner half as big as Christ is as a Savior.