Denominations are not the way churches were set up by the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. There is one Spirit and one Body of Christ. There should be no division. In the N.T. , the one church, the one Body of Christ, appeared on the earth in cities. They were just called "the church in [whatever city]. The church in Antioch, the church in Ephesus, the church in Jerusalem, etc. The city was the boundary of the church in that city, not larger and not smaller, and not based on a teaching, a practice, or a person. A distortion came in when the church in Rome was joined to political power and enlarged to become "catholic" or universal.The Protestant denominations have never returned to the N.T. standard. Watchman Nee's group recovered the ground of the oneness of the church and they are all over.
The Church of Jerusalem was the original, and the church in Rome usurped leadership. Knowing all I know now, if I weren't old, I could start a correct church based on original principles. All I can do now is study on my own and try to steer discussions in Sunday school when possible. I will not stop that ever.
They already exist. Here's a map: https://www.localchurches.org/map
The church in Jerusalem was not the headquarters. There were no headquarters. There were the churches with their elders, and there was the ministry through the apostles. The apostles' ministry was to perfect the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ. They did it through writing and visiting. The churches "continued steadfastly in the teaching and the fellowship of the apostles, in the breaking of bread and the prayers (Acts 2:42). That was the circulation in the Body that kept it in oneness (see 1 Jn. 1:2-3).
They sound okay, but their belief list, while true, isn't complete enough for me to decide. Anyway, there's not one anywhere near me, certainly not close enough to attend.
I don't know how updated the list is. There are more joining the fellowship all the time. They are Christian, but neither Calvinist, nor Arminian (nor Catholic, Lutheran, nor JW, Mormon, etc.). They are best described as having gone back to the pure word, before all the leavening that came in with Catholicism. The departure of the church from the healthy teaching (1 Tim. 1:10) began with "all in Asia" turning away from the apostle Paul's ministry, led by Ephesus. Thirty years later, the church in Ephesus was rebuked for "leaving their first love (Rev. 2:4)." Degradation had already set in.
Here are a lot of free books. There are many riches there. The first one on the list, The All-Inclusive Christ, shows how Christ as the life-giving Spirit in resurrection is the reality of all the items in the good land, from Deut. 8:7-9. (Paul, shows that the reality of the good land is Christ, the kingdom of the Son of God's love.)
https://www.ministrybooks.org/books/?s=Free
Denominations are not the way churches were set up by the Holy Spirit in the New Testament. There is one Spirit and one Body of Christ. There should be no division. In the N.T. , the one church, the one Body of Christ, appeared on the earth in cities. They were just called "the church in [whatever city]. The church in Antioch, the church in Ephesus, the church in Jerusalem, etc. The city was the boundary of the church in that city, not larger and not smaller, and not based on a teaching, a practice, or a person. A distortion came in when the church in Rome was joined to political power and enlarged to become "catholic" or universal.The Protestant denominations have never returned to the N.T. standard. Watchman Nee's group recovered the ground of the oneness of the church and they are all over.
The Church of Jerusalem was the original, and the church in Rome usurped leadership. Knowing all I know now, if I weren't old, I could start a correct church based on original principles. All I can do now is study on my own and try to steer discussions in Sunday school when possible. I will not stop that ever.
They already exist. Here's a map: https://www.localchurches.org/map The church in Jerusalem was not the headquarters. There were no headquarters. There were the churches with their elders, and there was the ministry through the apostles. The apostles' ministry was to perfect the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ. They did it through writing and visiting. The churches "continued steadfastly in the teaching and the fellowship of the apostles, in the breaking of bread and the prayers (Acts 2:42). That was the circulation in the Body that kept it in oneness (see 1 Jn. 1:2-3).
They sound okay, but their belief list, while true, isn't complete enough for me to decide. Anyway, there's not one anywhere near me, certainly not close enough to attend.
I don't know how updated the list is. There are more joining the fellowship all the time. They are Christian, but neither Calvinist, nor Arminian (nor Catholic, Lutheran, nor JW, Mormon, etc.). They are best described as having gone back to the pure word, before all the leavening that came in with Catholicism. The departure of the church from the healthy teaching (1 Tim. 1:10) began with "all in Asia" turning away from the apostle Paul's ministry, led by Ephesus. Thirty years later, the church in Ephesus was rebuked for "leaving their first love (Rev. 2:4)." Degradation had already set in.
Here are a lot of free books. There are many riches there. The first one on the list, The All-Inclusive Christ, shows how Christ as the life-giving Spirit in resurrection is the reality of all the items in the good land, from Deut. 8:7-9. (Paul, shows that the reality of the good land is Christ, the kingdom of the Son of God's love.) https://www.ministrybooks.org/books/?s=Free