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The baptist church believes that there is one and only one loving and true God.  He is an infinite, intelligent Spirit, the Maker and supreme Ruler of the heaven and earth. He is inexpressively glorious in holiness and is worthy of all possible honor, confidence, and love. Also, in the unity of the Godhead, there are three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, all equal in every Divine perfection and are executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.

The Holy Spirit is usually mentioned in their baptist sermons.  They believe that the Holy Spirit is a Divine person that is equal with the God the Father and God the Son.  He was active in the creation and that His relation to the unbelieving world has restrained the evil one until God’s purpose is fulfilled. They preach that the Holy Spirit convicts of sin, of judgment and of righteousness and bears witness to the truth of the gospel in preaching and testimony.  He is also the agent in the New Birth who seals, guides, teaches, witness, sanctifies, and helps the believer.

Jesus Christ is believed to be begotten by the Holy Ghost in a miraculous manner. He was born of Mary, a virgin, as no other man was ever born or can ever be born of a woman. They believed that he is both the Son of God and God the Son.

Repentance and faith are both believed to be the solemn obligations and inseparable graces of baptists, wrought in their souls by the quickening Spirit of God. These also occurs when one willfully and knowingly turn from one’s sin and by the faith receive Jesus Christ as the Saviour and Lord.

They also reiterate in every baptist sermon to believe and accept the sacred Scriptures upon these subjects are at their full value. In the resurrection, the baptist believed that Christ rose bodily on the third day and He alone is the merciful and faithful high priest in all the things that pertain to God.  Also, death in Christ shall rise first and that the living saints shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump.  Jesus Christ will then reign for a thousand years until He has put all his enemies under His feet.  For baptists, this era is the pre-millennial and pre-tribulational as it pertains to the return of Christ.

An article posted on the Washington Post dated way back July 2, 2006 provides an insight towards how most American now view wedding ceremonies.  According to that said publication, most people now prefer to have their wedding rites performed at establishments like non denominational churches in Lexington KY rather than in traditional churches.  In other words, a lot of people slowly prefer having their knots tied in the presence of a non-denominational officiator as time goes by.  What drives this gradual shift in their perspective of weddings?  Read on the rest of the article to learn more about this issue at hand.

One probable reason as to why more and more people prefer to conduct or profess their marriage in non denominational churches in Lexington KY would be the way that some people label their faith practices.  Nowadays, people tend to move from being “spiritual” from what was known to be as “religious”.  These two are way different from each other.  When we say spiritual, a person becomes more focused on his or her intimacy with her relationship with God.  This is somehow seen from a personal perspective.  Being religious on the other hand requires someone to be active in the community of people who share the same beliefs.  Some people may prefer to tie the knot and show to God the sacredness and sincerity of their decision privately rather than doing it on large venues.

Another reason for choosing non denominational churches in Lexington KY involves the fact that some people like to do the wedding in their own way as much as possible.  They might prefer adding a personal twist to the procedure of the wedding, and that is something that cannot be achieved once done on a standard church.  Somehow, non denominational churches provide them the liberation to profess their marriage in the method that they are comfortable with.  Nowadays, these are referred to as customized weddings.

The next reason would be based on the fact that more and more people are getting married but have varying religious beliefs.  These are referred to as interfaith marriages.  As partners, these people may not see the need to compromise each other’s faith so as to succumb to the other’s beliefs.  They have seen non denominational churches as a neutral zone where they can get married without compromising anything, particularly religious beliefs.

Conducting weddings on venues such as non denominational churches allow people to get married in their own want in some extent.  Some people may have to want doing their marriage that veers away from the orthodox, and now that is something that we cannot control given that there is an avenue for them to do so.  Despite the customization of this practice, rest assured that marriage in this venues are kept sacred and honest.