{"id":86914,"date":"2025-05-01T21:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T02:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=86914"},"modified":"2025-05-02T13:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:38:51","slug":"is-it-wrong-to-attend-a-different-church-after-being-baptized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-wrong-to-attend-a-different-church-after-being-baptized\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it wrong to attend a different church after being baptized?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Greetings Brother,<\/p>\n<p>I want to know if it&#8217;s wrong, once we&#8217;re baptized, to worship at a church other than a Church of Christ.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m puzzled. If you were baptized at a church of Christ because you realized you need to obey the Lord and you realized the church taught the truth regarding baptism, why would you want to go to a church that doesn&#8217;t?<\/p>\n<p>See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-we-all-see-the-bible-alike\/\">Can We All See the Bible Alike?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/whats-so-important-about-the-church\/\">What&#8217;s So Important About the Church?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<h2>Response:<\/h2>\n<p>Brother,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the material you&#8217;ve sent. I will read them, brother. I truly appreciate your prompt reply.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Greetings Brother, I want to know if it&#8217;s wrong, once we&#8217;re baptized, to worship at a church other than a Church of Christ. Answer: I&#8217;m puzzled. If you were baptized at a church of Christ because you realized you need to obey the Lord and you realized the church taught the truth regarding baptism,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[356,52,544],"class_list":["post-86914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-attendance","tag-baptism","tag-membership"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30900,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-a-person-leaving-the-christian-church-need-to-be-baptized-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":86914,"position":0},"title":"Does a person leaving the Christian Church need to be baptized again?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 11, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What is your thinking (based on Scripture) on a situation where someone has been baptized in the Christian Church but says they were baptized for the remission of sins and they want to place membership in the church of Christ? 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I moved out from the church where I used to worship because I heard from the leader of that church\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43041,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-a-person-be-scripturally-baptized-in-a-denomination\/","url_meta":{"origin":86914,"position":2},"title":"Can a person be scripturally baptized in a denomination?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am a member of the church of Christ and lately, an issue has arisen. A few of our members were baptized in denominations but have been allowed to join our congregation on the basis that their baptisms were valid or scriptural based on an investigation. 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