Saturday, August 23, 2008

Survey: How Long Have You Been A Christian?

If you are a Christian, that is. I'm polling you to find out the length of service of my readership. Leave your answer in the comments section. If you're not a Christian or no longer one, you can answer with relation to your own beliefs. Okay, to make it more informational, maybe I'll add a few more questions:

  1. How long have you been a Christian?
  2. At what age(s) were you baptized? (or you haven't been yet)
  3. What denomination or affiliation do you have? i.e. Methodist, Roman Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Reformed Baptist, Non-denominational, etc. (set aside the stigma of labels for a minute)
  4. Have you read the entire bible?
Posted by Steve Scott at 1:14 AM
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9 comments:

  1. Abu Daoud8/23/08, 3:45 AM

    1) 18 years
    2) as a baby, then at about the age of 13
    3) Anglican Communion
    4) Yes

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  2. Gene8/23/08, 5:48 AM

    1. Since 1977 (31 years).

    2. Bapised as a baby and then at 33 years old (the real baptism)

    3. Lutheran in culture, Pentecostal (Word of Faith/House of Prayer) in Practice

    4. Yes

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  3. Jason Nota8/23/08, 6:24 PM

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  4. Vache Folle8/24/08, 8:36 AM

    1. Since 1973, nominally, since I said the prayer at the end of the 4Spiritual Laws tract. But I didn't actually enjoy the gift of belief until 2001.

    2. I was baptized by full immersion in the First Baptist Church of Dalton, GA in 1974 or 75.

    3. I belong to a Dutch Reformed Church, but was previously Congregationalist. It was not the denomination that attracted me to my church.

    4. Yes.

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  5. Shelly8/24/08, 9:28 AM

    Hi Steve,

    1. Saved in 1991/92 during college
    2. Infant baptism, in the 8th grade as part of confirmation class, and baptized as a believer in 1992
    3. I belong to a Non-denominational church that is reformed in theology
    4. I have read through the entire Bible at least 6 times.

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  6. Jason Nota8/24/08, 11:16 AM

    1.I have been a Christian for 28 years.

    2. Infant baptism, then confirmation in the Catholic Church sometime around the 9th or 10th grade. Re-baptized in 1981 as a believer.

    3.A member of the Fairview Mennonite Church. Even though I believe more in Reform Theology than I do Anabaptist, especially their pacifist stance. It's somewhat of a community church and the Mennonite doctrines are not held above Christian doctrine.

    4. I read through the Bible once with help from the One Year Bible.

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  7. p90me8/25/08, 6:52 AM

    The Federal Vision stuff has messed with my "how long" understanding, but w/o a thousand qualifications:

    1. If you assume Christian at Baptism, then I returned to the Faith 15 years ago.

    2. Baptized as an infant in the Episcopal Church

    3. PCA

    4. Yes...the NT & Pentateuch tons of times, but the history books, major prophets & wisdom literature only a couple.

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  8. Anonymous8/25/08, 3:55 PM

    - all my life (never remembered not believing)
    - infant
    - Evangelical Covenant
    - yes

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  9. Steve Scott8/27/08, 12:44 AM

    I realized that I didn't answer my own survey here. So here it is:

    1. I've been a Christian for 14 years, converted in 1994.

    2. I was baptized at 32 in 1996.

    3. Currently in a "non-denominational" church, but there's a loose label of "reformed baptist."

    4. Yes, I've read it. Maybe six times straight through.

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