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IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS NOT SO

Yes, Paul established many churches (or assemblies). He didn't establish any denominations. He didn't set up a “Pauline church” in Corinth, a “Grace church” in Rome, a “Heavenly Call church” in Ephesus, and so on. Appealing to Paul to justify denominationalism is like appealing to Hitler to solve the problem of antisemitism.

The bone of contention under this thread is denominationalism. Spurgeon was not against other Christians (at least in that quotations), neither am I. This was never in question when I started this thread. This is the second time you raised the issue so I just wanted to make clear my position. When I see a brother, regardless of his denominational “color”, I am happy to see a brother in Christ.

Nonetheless, denominations are a problem. So, someone has to chose between a Methodist church or a Baptist church, or the other 30000.
In the beginning it was not so.