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Christadelphians and believe
The majority of Christadelphians believe that the judgment will include anyone who had sufficient knowledge of the gospel message, and is not limited to baptized believers.
Based on this, Christadelphians teach what they believe to be true Bible teaching.
Christadelphians believe that God is the creator of all things and the father of true believers, that he is a separate being from his son, Jesus Christ, and that the Holy Spirit is the power of God used in creation and for salvation.
Christadelphians believe that he will return to the earth in person to set up the Kingdom of God in fulfilment of the promises made to Abraham and David.
Christadelphians believe that people are separated from God because of their sins, but can be reconciled to him by becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.
Christadelphians believe that the Kingdom will be centred upon Israel, but Jesus Christ will also reign over all the other nations on the earth.
Christadelphians believe that sexual relationships are limited to heterosexual marriage, ideally between baptised believers.
Christadelphians do not believe that anyone will " go to Heaven " upon death.
Christadelphians believe the doctrines they reject were introduced into Christendom after the first century in large part through exposure to pagan Greek philosophy, and cannot be substantiated from the Biblical texts.
* Harry Tennant, The Christadelphians: What they believe and preach ( Birmingham, England: The Christadelphian, 1986 ISBN 0-85189-119-5 ).
Some Christian groups such as Catholics, Churches of Christ, and Christadelphians believe baptism is essential to salvation.
The main distinguishing doctrinal difference between Church of God General Conference ( CoGGC ) and Christadelphians and Church of the Blessed Hope ( CGAF ) is that the majority of CoGGC members believe that Satan is a literal fallen angel, although a minority do not.
Modern Christadelphians generally believe he was right and adhere to the positions he established as defined within the Christadelphian statements of faith ; Christadelphians feel, too, that Thomas ' example of an inquiring attitude is also an important legacy.
" Christadelphians, and Berean Christadelphians believe in the promises given to Abraham, Isaac, and David concerning the Kingdom of God.

Christadelphians and Jesus
Other groups originating in this time period include the Christadelphians and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement with over 14 million members.
For Christadelphians, this is the focal point of the gospel taught by Jesus and the apostles.
Christadelphians reject a number of doctrines held by many other Christians, notably the immortality of the soul ( see also mortalism ; conditionalism ), trinitarianism, the personal pre-existence of Christ, the baptism of infants, the personhood of the Holy Spirit the divinity of Jesus and the present-day possession of the gifts of the Holy Spirit ( see cessationism ).
Several nontrinitarian religious groups also oppose infant baptism, including Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the Community of Christ.

Christadelphians and is
Some groups, Christadelphians in particular, consider that it is not a universal resurrection, and that at this time of resurrection that the Last Judgment will take place.
This view is also held in a modified form by groups such as the Latter Day Saints, Christadelphians and Adventist splinter groups such as the Branch Davidians.
Since the reunions in the UK and Australia in 1957, two generations of Christadelphians have grown up with little awareness of the existence of the minority " fellowships ", or awareness that the main group is called " Central " by the minority groups.
The Dawn Christadelphians use a statement of faith which is based on the original 1886 statement of faith, but has four additions addressing issues that have arisen since that time.
Due to the way the Christadelphian body is organised there is no central authority to establish and maintain a standardised set of beliefs and it depends what statement of faith is adhered to and how liberal the ecclesia is, but there are core doctrines most Christadelphians would accept.
The Christadelphian distinction between representation and substitution has been noted in the relevant scholarly literature, and representative participation ( an interpretation long held by Christadelphians ) is widely considered the original Biblical teaching on the atonement.
Christadelphians are organised into local congregations, that commonly call themselves ecclesias, which is taken from usage in the New Testament and is Greek for gathering of those summoned.
Christadelphians understand the Bible to teach that male and female believers are equal in God's sight, and also that there is a distinction between the roles of male and female members.
There is a strong emphasis on personal Bible reading and study and many Christadelphians use the Bible Companion to help them systematically read the Bible each year
Infant baptism is also excluded by Iglesia ni Cristo ( Church of Christ ), Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians, and Latter Day Saints.
In other Christian beliefs ( e. g. the beliefs of the Christadelphians ) the word " satan " in the Bible is not regarded as referring to a supernatural, personal being but to any " adversary " and figuratively refers to human sin and temptation.
This is particularly true of Christian denominations such as the Christadelphians, although there are differing opinions on this among their members.

Christadelphians and Jewish
During the Second World War the Christadelphians in Britain assisted in the Kindertransport, helping to relocate several hundred Jewish children away from Nazi persecution and founding a hostel Elpis Lodge.
Proponents of the mortality of the soul, and general judgement, for example Seventh-day Adventists, Christadelphians, and Christian Universalists, argue that this is a parable using the framework of Jewish views of the Bosom of Abraham.

Christadelphians and Old
Smaller fellowships include the Berean Christadelphians, the Dawn Christadelphians, the Old Paths Christadelphians, and the Pioneer Maranatha Christadelphians.
Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Old Order Amish, Rastafarians, and some other religious groups have a policy of not participating in politics through voting.
* Those groups with early Unitarian or Socinian Christology such as Christadelphians and the Church of God General Conference identify the Angel of the Lord in the Old Testament much as Jews do, simply as angels.

Christadelphians and their
* Christadelphians, Church of God General Conference and other " Biblical Unitarians " are typically Socinian in their Christology, not Arian.
Christadelphians state that their beliefs are based wholly on the Bible, and they do not see other works as inspired by God.
" Jehovah's Witnesses, Christadelphians, and others have taught that the dead are unconscious ( or even nonexistent ), awaiting their destiny on Judgment Day.
Although Christadelphians had since their origins in the 1840s always looked for historical precedents, particularly to Arius, the group was unaware of closer precedents in Socinianism.
These CGAF churches are theologically much closer to the Christadelphians than they are to the Church of God General Conference ( CoGGC ), and have made moves in recent years to strengthen their ties.
* Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphians sometimes refer to their religion as " The Truth " ( according to their understanding of John 14: 6 )
Although the grouping which later took the name " Christadelphian " had largely separated from the Campbellite movement in Scotland and America after 1848, it was conscription in the American Civil War which caused their local church in Ogle County, Illinois to register as conscientious objectors in 1863 under the name " Christadelphians.

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