Da’wah To Christians

Born Again Christians

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Among Mainstream Christians the most active in missionary work are the Charismatic Groups Commonly know as “Born Again” Christians – emphasize the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

  • Stress is laid on reading the Bible
  • They consider mainstream Christians as not true Christians because they are not “born” of the Holy Spirit
  • First appeared among Protestants in 1960 and among Roman Catholics in 1966
  • Origins in Pentecostalism (1901 John Wesley and John Fletcher) in which Baptism in the Holy Spirit was stressed, and Glossalia (speaking in tongues) was practiced.
  • Approved by Pope Paul VI in 1973.

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The Unifying Belief: Trinity

The unifying belief of mainstream Christianity is the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost/Spirit, three gods in One. It is officially called the Nicene Creed and was agreed upon in a meeting of bishops in Nicea which took place in 325 CE.

Bishops, like Arius, and others who supported Unitarianism and opposed the Trinitarian concept and the divinity of Jesus, where subsequently declared heretics, their followers hunted down, tortured and burned at the stake, and their gospels burned.

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The Bible

Most Christians have not read the Bible, many have read small parts, most have only heard sections or verses mentioned in Church sermons. Their belief in Christian theology is most often very weak. Often times they have their own interpretations, thus, it is best to find out the status of their beliefs prior to beginning discussion, if possible.

The basic concept of Christianity:
God bore a son who was Himself and He allowed Himself to be sacrificed to Himself to free humankind of their sins.

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