{"id":3538,"date":"2024-05-24T19:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/methodists-vs-baptists\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:34:18","slug":"methodists-vs-baptists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/methodists-vs-baptists\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodisten vs. Baptisten: Taufe, Erl\u00f6sung und wer den Pastor w\u00e4hlt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Methodists and Baptists are Protestants who preach salvation by grace through faith, and they part on three things. Methodists baptize babies and accept sprinkling, teach that a believer can fall from grace, and have bishops appoint pastors. Baptists baptize only believers, by immersion, mostly teach that a true believer cannot be lost, and let each congregation choose its pastor. Those differences are real, and they reach the water, the table and the pulpit. They also rest on shared ground. On\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Methodists baptize babies, teach that believers can fall from grace and have bishops appoint pastors. Baptists immerse believers and govern each church locally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[219],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-denominations-compared"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3977,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/baptist-vs-catholic\/","url_meta":{"origin":3538,"position":0},"title":"Baptist vs Catholic Beliefs: Baptism, Communion, the Pope and Salvation","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Mai 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Baptists and Catholics are both Christian. 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