Bethany Primitive Baptist Church

FAQ (12 entries)

• Why the name Primitive Baptist?
  The name Primitive Baptist became popular in the early 1800s when the term primitive conveyed the idea of originality rather than backwardness. Accordingly, Primitive Baptists claim to maintain the doctrines and ...
• What is the Primitive Baptist view of the scriptures?
  Primitive Baptists view scriptures as the divinely inspired word of God and as the sole rule of faith and practice for the church. It is also believed that the scriptures have ...
• How do Primitive Baptists use scriptural precedent to resolve questions of church practice?
  Primitive Baptists believe that issues of practice which are not explicitly addressed by scriptural commandment should be resolved, where possible, by scriptural precedent. Primitive Baptists are very disinclined to treat scriptural ...
• How does the typical Primitive Baptist view his or her role in society?
  Primitive Baptists cannot consent with those who compromise scriptural commandments in order to gain social acceptance. We deny the claim that terms of truth and morality are to be guided by ...
• Why do Primitive Baptists refer to their ministers as elders?
  The scriptures offer two alternate titles for preachers. These are bishop and elder (I Tim. 3:1-7, Tit. 1:5-9, I Pet. 5:1). The term reverend is used only once in the scriptures ...
• Why do Primitive Baptists require that elders be male?
  This is a requirement which is very clearly stated in the scriptures (I Cor. 14:35-36, I Tim. 2:11-12, I Tim. 3:2). Accordingly, there is no scriptural precedent for female elders. Churches ...
• Why do Primitive Baptists require baptism by immersion?
  The example set by Jesus is clearly one of baptism by immersion. Mark described Jesus' baptism with these words: And straitway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens ...
• Why do Primitive Baptists rebaptize persons joining them from other orders?
  The scriptural precedent for rebaptism is taken from Acts 19:1-7. These verses teach that persons formerly baptized under improper principles should be baptized again, and that failure to do so can ...
• Why do Primitive Baptists not use musical instruments?
  We can find no biblical precedent for the usage of musical instruments in New Testament worship. The scriptures give repeated instructions to sing in the church, but never to play (Rom ...
• Why do Primitive Baptists not have Sunday schools?
  There is nothing in scriptures to indicate that worshippers, either in the church or in the law, were ever segregated by knowledge, age, sex, marital status, or any other criterion. Instead, ...
• Why do Primitive Baptists not have organized programs for the entertainment of youth?
  Primitive Baptists do not condemn entertainment when it is moral and in moderation. We also recognize that men of God in the scriptures occasionally use humor and sarcasm (Is 40:18-23, Is ...
• Why do Primitive Baptists not have crucifixes or pictures of Jesus in their churches and homes?
  The scriptures unequivocally forbid images of God of any kind (Ex 20:4-5, I Cor 10:14, Gal 5:19-21, I Jn 5:21). Since Jesus is the Son of God, and therefore equal with ...