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I am a hindu girl.I love a Pentecost christian boy.I want to marry him but before that I want to convert into his caste.What shall I do to change my caste from hindu to pentecost christian.Also what other things does pentecost christians do,I mean do they go to church everyday and do they visit any specific church?what are their believes.Do they allow inter caste marriages?I want to know all these things about pentecost christians not just about any christians... please help...
First Caste is not part of any Christian religion. Your nationality or your ethnic background has created the Caste system. Do YOUR pentecostals in your area believe in Caste system, I pray to God they don't, since that is not Christian to have Caste systems. The Caste System comes out of the Hindu and/or Buddhist religions that have reincardnation.
But to convert to their faith, you start going to church with them, take classes at their church on their religion and accept Jesus Christ as your Personal Savior.
It starts by reading the Bible and learning about who Christ was and what he did for you.
You don't Convert just to be married, you Convert because you believe their religion is the true and only way to salvation. That by accepting Christ you read a eternal peace.
Can I know where can I find bible that pentcost christians read?I searched on the net but I don't know which one of them should I read.Also I heard that pentecost christians believe mother mary as their god,is it true?Also I don't think I can go to penecost church before converted into pentecost christian because I heard they don't allow hindus in pentecost church.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck
My son joined a Pentecostal church. He does not use a special version of a Bible.Quote:
Originally Posted by user3
No, Mary is not worshiped and is not a god, but is simply honored as the mother of Jesus.
And yes, you can go to a Pentecostal church before converting. In fact, I would think the church would encourage you to come to services and activities to find out more about them and what they believe.
While the King James version is the most popular bible, for someone who does not know it, the New International version is a very good one. But if English is not your native language find any of them that is in your own language.
No Mary is not a god in any Christina faith, this is a myth often taught by other church groups. Catholics view Mary as the "mother of God" since she was Jesus mother.
She is believed to have given birth to Jesus but was a virgin. All Christians and even Islam teaches this. Pentecostals believe in one God only but in three forms, as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They believe this is a trinity which is One God but in three separate duties.
Unless for security your local church will not allow others in, yes, all Pentecostal churches want anyone to come in, since it is going to church that helps you convert, they want non believers to come in and see what it is all about.
Also some of their terms may confuse you, like 'born again" and "salvation" since some of these terms mean other things in the Hindu religion.
I respect your faith in Hindu but since you are asking about Christianity I will give yo some good info
First Pentecostal is just one denomination in what is considered Protestant Christianity. Their beliefs will be slightly different from that of Baptist or Lutherans or non Protestant Christians such as Catholic or Orthodox.
But all share a some aspects together, but I will be addressing a general Pentecostal religion since I don't know you specific local church.
A Hindu's Conversion to Christ
Hinduism and Christianity: Hindu Teaching or the Bible?
Here are some pretty good bible sites,
BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 100 versions and 50 languages.
One thing I have learned in regard to those of Hindu faith, the written word, is very important, and if many of your local Pentecostal group were all Hindu or from Hindu roots, they may be set by tradition more than rules as to which bible, the local church uses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wondergirl
In the Hindu faith, they are used to having many gods, so this is often one of the harder issues of conversion is just having one God and then trying to understand the trinity, personally I don't push the trinity as much as Jesus and after they find faith, start working on the one God issue since at the beginning most will see it as three Gods, with God the Father being the main God, and Jesus as his son.
In witness we can't talk every issue at first, Salvation is the first issue, doctrine issues will all come.
Open churches, actually not always in some countries, people in the US and Canada often forget things are very different in some places. Following the example of the early church, outsiders are not always welcome in all of the services, the early church had people who were to keep non believers out of the first services.
Also in some nations, Christians can be in actual risk of safety.
So while I do believe the services will be open, I could be wrong, but your boyfriend should be able to take you to church with him.
Does anyone think I should move this to Christianity or perhaps other relgion?
Does Hinduism have anything (ideas, beliefs, etc.) in common with Christianity, to make it easier for a Hindu to understand?
The main topic is not Relationships but Christianity and converting, so yes, move it.
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