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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)
  5. Different… Continue reading

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

What Most Churches Don’t Teach Their Members

What Most Churches Don’t Teach Their Members

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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

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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>