[DeaconDean]

10 months ago, i got into a rather heated argument with a member at another forum. I noticed on their homepage they were from Pennsilvania (sp). I made the comment that "Nothern" Baptists, often have views which conflict with "Southern" Baptists.

They got offended and made the remark that they were "Wesleyan Baptist."

To be honest with you guys, I've never even heard of Wesleyan Baptists. I did some researching on the internet and the closest thing I came across was a bit article in the Wikipedia.

And it appears that they are a sort of "hy-bred" mix between Methodism and Baptists.

Now I'm a big theology student. I study as many Systematic Theologies as I can my hands on. And one that I have is Systematic Theology written by Charles Hodge. Hodge was a professor at Princeton university in the late 1880's.

This person also graduated from Princeton, and being a Baptist,they should have known better, but they made the statement recently that based on 1 Pet. 3:21, baptism saves.

They were confronted and told that that sort of doctrine is "alien" to all accepted doctrines that baptists believe in. When confronted with numerous confessions, they responded that they were the only person who was even qualified to determine what was and what was not "proper Baptist doctrine."

They are young, which would account for a few things, but not all.

Given the history of Princeton, and the education of men such as Hodge, how can the apple fall so far from the tree?

Anyway, this member said they were a Wesleyan Baptist, and I was just wondering what are they and what are their doctrinal beliefs.

Thanks all.

God Bless

Till all are one.