Baptist vs. Anabaptist: What's the Difference - PART 2!
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2025 7:32 am
by Praxis+Theodicy
Part 2 of Joshua's presentation on some differences between Baptists and Anabaptists.
Topics covered in this video:
00:10 Head Covering for Women
03:58 Plain Clothing
07:38 Mode of Baptism
11:37 Close Communion
14:10 Church Polity
16:27 Visible/Invisible Church Distinction
21:36 Divorce and Remarriage
22:41 Restrictions on Technology
23:41 Insurance & Mutual Aid
24:47 Schooling
28:39 Worship Style
29:50 Premillennialism & Dispensationalism
31:48 Foot Washing
34:10 Rurality
35:20 Intentional Community
What do you think of this video? What do you think about the topics covered? Do you think it was a fair representation of both sides?
Re: Baptist vs. Anabaptist: What's the Difference - PART 2!
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2025 7:41 am
by Praxis+Theodicy
He stated in the first video that his comparison would be between conservative churches on both sides not mainline. In this video, he makes extensive reference to evangelical/mainline mennonite churches, including extended quotes from theologians affiliated with MCUSA/MCCanada.
These quotes are on more theological topics rather than practical, so maybe he just couldn't find regularly-accessible quotes from conservative anabaptists on these topics, ad also, that the theological differences in these areas aren't as pronounced between the conservative and mainline mennonites as some practical applications are.
Re: Baptist vs. Anabaptist: What's the Difference - PART 2!
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2025 8:03 am
by JohnL
I think he is making a good effort but there's still the issue that there's so many different kinds of Baptists (like there's many different kinds of Anabaptists) that he's fighting an uphill battle. He has made comparisons with mainline big denom Baptists and can't really address the variety of differences in the Baptist churches.
One comparison we can all agree on is that none of them baptize infants. After that it varies as to whether an individual Baptist church will allow children under 12 to be baptized.