[Evangelical]

Your claim that I or local churches believe that there are no unsaved people in denominations is a misrepresentation of what we believe. We believe they are true believers but they are in the wrong place, they are in the "house of the prostitute". Madame Guyon and other Catholics, were highly respected in the recovery, as being full of Christ, yet she was in the Roman Catholic church. Her position in Christ was right, her position in the church was wrong.

Your other claim that we do not fellowship with those of other denominations is equally wrong. We will and do fellowship with those in denominations, we just will not meet in their houses of prostitution. I have been in many meetings with people of various denominations. We pray, read the bible, have a meal, as it should be. Yet you think it is wrong for us to not attend a Catholic mass? Do you expect us to hold the Lord's table meting in front of the statue of Mary? I have been unfair to use Catholics as an example. So I will use the mega churches... should we hold the Lord's table meeting at the same time the rock concert is going on? How can we see the bread and wine for all the smoke-machine generated fog flashing lights and darkness? Then should we hold the prophesying meeting at the end after they have passed the bucket around for "miracle donations"? This is the denominational concept of "fellowship" - to attend a specially arranged service and have some kind of program. Of course we cannot fellowship in that environment.

When the New Testament was written, churches were one church per city. There were sects and parties forming within those one churches, hence Paul's instructions to the church against divisions, within a single city. We should read those verses against divisions with Paul's mindset, as one who was trying to preserve the whole city unity, before it fractured into various denominations.

Now, if we read the Bible with a modern mindset, we might consider division to be those who do not accept and play nicely with denominations. That is what you are saying. That is backwards looking, that is not the truth. Denominations are the divisions, to leave denominations is to leave divisions. To accept denominations is to accept divisions.