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Cal · 09-27-2012, 07:45 AM

On the other hand, someone might argue that the "Recovery" is too cohesive to be a movement, and so would be more properly defined as a denomination. That would be a legitimate argument.

So what are the biblical mandates about how denominations should be organized? The answer, again, is there aren't any. The Bible doesn't speak about the organization of denominations. So, again as with movements, discussion of how the "Recovery" should be properly and biblically organized as a denomination is futile. It's like asking how a cat should be trained to be a dog.

The Bible shows autonomous churches in fellowship and receiving traveling ministers as they see fit. It shows those with the gifts of leadership leading and others submitting to them, while the leaders also submit in a general way and serve rather than lord. In that general organization, churches are to carry out the Lord's commission of outreach and building up. It's pretty simple really.

Any attempt to organize churches as movements or denominations is on its own. The Bible doesn't speak specifically to how those things should be carried out, or even if they should.

09-27-2012, 07:45 AM	#155
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Should Members Obey or Submit to Church Leaders? On the other hand, someone might argue that the "Recovery" is too cohesive to be a movement, and so would be more properly defined as a denomination. That would be a legitimate argument. So what are the biblical mandates about how denominations should be organized? The answer, again, is there aren't any. The Bible doesn't speak about the organization of denominations. So, again as with movements, discussion of how the "Recovery" should be properly and biblically organized as a denomination is futile. It's like asking how a cat should be trained to be a dog. The Bible shows autonomous churches in fellowship and receiving traveling ministers as they see fit. It shows those with the gifts of leadership leading and others submitting to them, while the leaders also submit in a general way and serve rather than lord. In that general organization, churches are to carry out the Lord's commission of outreach and building up. It's pretty simple really. Any attempt to organize churches as movements or denominations is on its own. The Bible doesn't speak specifically to how those things should be carried out, or even if they should.