{"id":3538,"date":"2024-05-24T19:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/methodists-vs-baptists\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:40:19","slug":"methodists-vs-baptists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/methodists-vs-baptists\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30e1\u30bd\u30b8\u30b9\u30c8\u5bfe\u30d0\u30d7\u30c6\u30b9\u30c8\uff1a\u6d17\u793c\u3001\u6551\u3044\u3001\u305d\u3057\u3066\u7267\u5e2b\u306e\u9078\u51fa"},"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 differ most 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. Both names cover more than one church. In the United States &quot;Methodist&quot; usually means the United Methodist Church (UMC), and\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\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/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":3922,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/lutheranism-vs-methodism-differences\/","url_meta":{"origin":3538,"position":0},"title":"Lutheran vs Methodist: Free Will, Baptism and Communion","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"5\u6708 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Lutherans and Methodists baptize infants and share full communion (ELCA and UMC). 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