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Church – What Its All About

Denominations, communion, and what believers should be doing when they gather together.

 
Index Of “Doing Church” Articles:

Church Leadership Issues

Church Leadership Issues

 

“The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.” [1 Peter 5:1-3]

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Disturbing 501c3 Corporate Church Report

Disturbing 501c3 Corporate Church Report

by Scott Johnson – February 2009

 

In order to be licensed as a “legal” church eligable for tax exempt status, the government requires a church to incorporate as what is called a 501c3 non-profit organization. In so doing, the government has control over those churches and will have its nose in the financial affairs of the local church and its members. The early Christians in the Bible met in each other’s homes (Philemon 1:2),… Continue reading

Some Church History

Some Church History

If we wish to understand why Christianity is the way it is today and if we wish to avoid making the mistakes others have made in their Christian life, it behooves us to study Church history.  The people listed here had a major impact on the church, some for its good and some for its bad. We will stay away from modern day preachers and teachers, leaving that for another study.

Why So Many Kinds Of Churches?

Why Are There So Many
Different Kinds Of Christian Churches?

 

There are many reasons why there are so many Christian churches. We will look at several of those reasons here.

 

I. Things that differentiate true Christian churches:

  1. Different methods of interpreting the Bible (sola scriptural, historical, etc.) (1Cor 2:13)
  2. Different interpretations of doctrine (2Pet 1:20)
  3. Different views on the importance of biblical doctrine versus extra-biblical tradition (2Thes 2:15, 2Thes 3:6)
  4. Different styles of worship service (1Cor 11:1-2)
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A Brief Overview Of Churches

A Brief Overview Of “Christian” Churches & Denominations

This article is an attempt to briefly explain what various churches and denominations are like, for the benefit of someone who is either a new Christian and is looking for a church to attend or for someone who is just curious about why there are so many different kinds of Christian churches. This paper does not attempt to name every so-called Christian church or denomination, but rather to give you an overview… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>