Re: church words / baptism / Akiba

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Thank you!I think the need to distinguish between adult and child baptism, other than purely theological of course (in the Baptist tradition, baptism of an infant is not practiced, and it is not considered a valid baptism in most Baptist churches), arises from living in a country where almost everybody are baptized as infants, in the Lutheran church (the numbers are lowering, but as late as the year 2000 75% of all babies born in Sweden that year were baptized in the Lutheran church), and where the word baptism hence is understood, by most, as referring specifically to infant baptism. love/Reb> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > I am doing some writing on the research project involving the> > > > > > Pentecostal church (that I mentioned earlier). I have to do the> > > ; > > > writing in English, and most of the time that's ok, but some times> ..> > > > > > it's harder. And right now I need the help from some of you English> > > > > > speaking people to find a word.> > > > > >> > > > > > It's common in the free church in Sweden to have coffee and> > > > > > pastries/cookies/sandwiches/whatever in church on Sundays, right > > > > after> > > > > > the Sunday service. In Swedish this would be referred to as> > > > > > "kyrkkaffe", the literal translation would be "church coffee", but I> > > > > > tried to google it, and came up with just a lot of hits that > > > > seemed to> > > > > > be about a particular brand of coffee, or something like that. So,> my> > > > > > questions are as follow:> > > > > >> > > > > > 1. Would the phrase "church coffee", to an English speaking person,> > > > > > actually imply the church custom I described above, at all?> > > > > > 2. Is that custom common in churches in the English speaking world> > > > > > too, and if so, what word is used to refer to it?> > > > > >> > > > > > Any thoughts? My gratitude for any help given will be eternal...> > > > > >> > > > > > love> > > > > > /Reb> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >>