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Originally Posted by Truth
But if someone wants to cover other materials in a serious way, that person will need to do it on his/her own time. Otherwise, maybe that person should either start their own church or join another church.
Look, there is nothing wrong with this. I'm just being practical. In every denomination, they have their own material to cover. Try going to a Baptist church and suggest WL's material. They'll throw you out! Does that mean they are bad and exclusive? Of course not!
Idealy, it is best to be non-denominational and not be *for* a particular ministry. But it is hard to do in practice. I'm not saying it is not possible, but difficult. It will require a very special group of leadership. I have not seen such a church yet.
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I think you'll find the idea of having one man's ministry materials coming from one publishing house being exclusively used in a denomination or most churches to be quite a foreign idea. If the leaders at the church I go to started using materials by one man and selling materials and promoting events by one select publishing company we would think that to be very very strange indeed! And it would be openly questioned and challenged and I'm quite certain rejected.
What I think is more common are materials and guest speakers being invited from the same theological tradition regardless of what their "home church" might be. So although I don't attend a Baptist church it would not be unusual to find a book by a Baptist author in the on-site bookstore or to have a speaker who attends a Baptist church come and give a talk or for us to support a mission who's leadership attended a Baptist church or any other denomination with the same core theological tradition.