{"id":1777,"date":"2016-03-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/apologetics\/resource\/cursillo-tres-dias-walk-to-emmaus-2\/"},"modified":"2020-06-21T21:31:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T01:31:09","slug":"cursillo-tres-dias-walk-to-emmaus","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/apologetics\/resource\/cursillo-tres-dias-walk-to-emmaus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cursillo, Tres Dias, Walk to Emmaus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: Do Southern Baptists have a position regarding participation in  such retreats or renewal programs as Cursillo, Tres Dias, or Walk to  Emmaus?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neither the Southern Baptist Convention nor the North American Mission Board  takes any official stance or position regarding programs such as Cursillo, Tres  Dias, or Walk to Emmaus. All three of these programs are ecumenical, spiritual  retreats, typically lasting about three days. Cursillo and Tres Dias both are  rooted in a more or less Catholic understanding of the Christian life, without  being overtly Roman Catholic. Walk to Emmaus comes out of the Methodist  tradition.<\/p>\n<p>These renewal ministry programs draw participants from many denominations,  and thus we have no doubt that many genuine Christians do attend these  retreats. As best we can tell, there is nothing specifically heretical or  non-Christian about them, and therefore we see no basis for telling Christians  that they absolutely should not participate in them. However, some cautions are  certainly in order from an evangelical Christian perspective. Their ecumenical  approach likely means that a mix of liberal, sacramentalist, and other  Christian perspectives will be represented. These retreats might be a helpful  move in the right direction for someone from a mainline denomination who has  had little or no experience of seeing to develop a relationship with Christ. On  the other hand, their &#8220;lowest common denominator&#8221; approach to spiritual renewal  is likely to be &#8220;watered down&#8221; from an evangelical point of view. Finally, some  participants in these retreats tend to proselytize within their churches for  others to attend. In some cases, according to pastors who have contacted us,  church members who have attended one of these programs have been so zealous in  promoting them that there was the potential for division or schism within the  congregation. We recommend that pastors dealing with this issue make these  concerns known to their congregation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Do Southern Baptists have a position regarding participation in such retreats or renewal programs as &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/apologetics\/resource\/cursillo-tres-dias-walk-to-emmaus\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cursillo, Tres Dias, Walk to Emmaus<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"channels":[],"topics":[9,27],"languages":[],"class_list":["post-1777","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource_type-article","topics-apologetics","topics-denominations-apologetics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cursillo, Tres Dias, Walk to Emmaus - Apologetics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/apologetics\/resource\/cursillo-tres-dias-walk-to-emmaus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cursillo, Tres Dias, Walk to Emmaus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Q: Do Southern Baptists have a position regarding participation in such retreats or renewal programs as &hellip; 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