Hi, Liz. I'm not sure the Mormons a.k.a. Latter Day Saints consider it not loyal to go to Baptist churches. I don't know of every case, but in a couple of cases known to me the parents sent their children to Baptist day schools, and in this case I am referring to the children were sent to regular Baptists who worship on the "Lord's Day" when Jesus rose from the dead, not the one's who are "Seventh Day Baptists/Seventh Day Adventists" who are convinced that the Old Testament Day used for worship by the Jews was unaffected by the Lord Jesus' Death, Burial, & Resurrection. In the cases I know, the Mormon children were encouraged to undergo an evangelistic conversion to Christianity (in the sense of getting right with God and entering into a personal relationship with Him) prior to graduation from high school, and then they were to decide by the end of high school whether to participate in the Mormon requirement to go out as two-year missionaries for the Mormons immediately afterwards. In another case known to me there was a Mormon child in my cabin at a summer camp who told me she was from a Mormon church. I expressed surprise that they would send her to an evangelistic camp, and she told me that they had both in their youth experienced conversions to Christ, and wanted the same for her. I think a lot of them just consider the Baptists to be a lower form of saint-hood than the Mormons' form of being "latter-day saints." The Seventh day worshippers would actually be more hostile to Baptists worshipping on the Lord's Day than the Mormons would be upset by the practices of either group of "Baptists." The term "Baptist" indicates beliefs in: priesthood of all believers, sufficiency of the Word of God for all matters of faith and practice, independance of the local assembly from outside or higher groups, declaration of faith publicly to be done by immersion after an experience of faith professed by a credible person (not an infant), and the like. The Baptists who worship on the Lord's Day are considered by the evangelical world to be within the pale of Protestant Christianity, but the 7th dayers and the Mormons are considered to be followers of hair-brained schemes thought up by cultic leaders, rather than followers of the plain teachings of scriptures. Hope this helps you trace out your Whipples. Incidentally, I had a very fine "Mr. Whipple" teacher in high school Algebra and Bible Survey whose parents had been missionaries under the Evangelical Alliance in old Indo-China. -Joy -----Original Message----- From: MommyBake@aol.com <MommyBake@aol.com> To: NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] Rhode Island Families to Rensselaer County Since we have such knowledgable people on this list, I'd now enjoy a history lesson on the difference in the seventh day baptists, seventh day adventists and the latter day saints religious groups. I've been trying to figure out which of these my ancestors are. I know the name I'm researching(Whipple) is known to be LDS but one record I found was in a BAptist church in Albany. I'm confused! Were they loyal to there religion or is it true that they went to the most convenient church. THanks liz PS. Enjoyed all the migration accounts...my relatives were from RI originally! ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== Some Rensselaer Births, Marriages & Deaths: http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Troy.html Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer GenExchange-Rensselaer Co http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=ny&county=rensselaer