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FF,

My h was raised in Baptist churches in various places, and for most of our marriage, he was opposed to anything that was not Baptist or very similar to Baptist. I, on the other hand, had a more open mind about various denominations. When we were talking about these things before marriage, he said that he was much more open than he actually was. His shift started in one of our churches that was more open. However, his views can shift widely now, depending on whose favor he wants. There was a period of time where he was seriously considering a church that was very catholic (in everything except the Pope), and he was willing to change his views to fit their theology and practice. (and he thought they would change their views because of him) Mine stayed the same as they have always been. Eventually, I firmly explained to him that if he went that direction, I would not go with him because they refused to have any women doing anything in their services, not something that I wanted my girls to be exposed to. He decided he should back down if he didn't want to be abandoned and not meet the church's expectations, but not before some very serious damage had been done to our marriage and to the girls.

It's interesting that he was telling me about our pastor's derogatory description of another minister's changing theological beliefs to suit the group from which he sought favor. Now he is a situation where there are several different views, and he is trying to work both ends. While we are in a church where the distinctive is that they don't kick people out, my husband still really wants to.

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My wife was raised Baptist, but not in "deep south".  We were married in a Baptist church, tiny little thing next to a cornfield not to far from here.

We have never regularly attended a church that is not Baptist.  I have been a member of a Baptist churches from several different conventions.

If you are familiar with that, then I would likely be a very conservative member of cooperative baptist or a very liberal member of southern baptist.

FF