Church – What Its All About
Denominations, communion, and what believers should be doing when they gather together.
Index Of “Doing Church” Articles:
What Most Churches Don’t Teach Their Members
What Most Churches Don’t Teach Their Members
After many years of attending “Bible-believing” churches and after being a member of a couple of these churches, I have come to the realization that most conventional churches (from the leadership on down) are not aware of what it means to make disciples. There are some very basic, fundamental issues that all believers should be taught and yet most churches do a very poor job of teaching – if they even teach these… Continue reading
What Exactly Is A “Worship Service”?
What Exactly Is A “Worship Service”?
Most conventional churches practice something they refer to as a “worship service”. It is nowhere described in the Bible but it is carried out every Sunday (or Saturday for the Sabbatarians) in just about every so-called Christian church around the world, except perhaps in some persecuted, underground churches and a few other churches that have broken away from the “status quo”. What most folks call a “worship service’ is a routine that is… Continue reading
The Clergy System By Carl Ketcherside
The Clergy System
(And Why Its Not Biblical Nor Healthy For The Church)
W. Carl Ketcherside
No class or order of men that ever appeared on earth have obtained so much influence, or acquired so complete an ascendancy over the human mind, as the clergy. The Christian clergy have exercised, for about fifteen hundred years, a sovereign dominion over the Bible, the consciences, and the religious sentiments of all nations professing Christianity. – Alexander Campbell
In this… Continue reading
A Sincere Appeal By Carl Ketcherside
A Sincere Appeal
(Regarding The Pattern Of The Gatherings Of The Church)
By W. Carl Ketcherside
When Ezekiel was carried away captive into Babylon, the city of Jerusalem was not yet destroyed. One day the prophet was sitting in his foreign house with some of the elders of Judah, when he saw a dazzling vision. A man appeared who took him by a lock of his hair, and the Spirit lifted him up between heaven and earth, and was… Continue reading
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