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Evangelical · 05-30-2017, 08:56 PM

Jake

I gave other references that stated how the churches were organized, in my last post to you. I think there is historical evidence for the one city per church thing.

We don't believe that the church has a name. The church has no name, and we don't use the city name to label ourselves like a denomination would. We are against de-name-iating. It is people's perception, that we take names and de-name-iate ourself according to the locality name. But that's not in our teachings:

"A local church is not a term used as a name, but it describes the fact of one church in a locality. " ~ The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures
by Witness Lee

"If we take the ground of locality as a standing to be independent from other believers, we are divisive." ~ Enjoying the Riches of Christ for the Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ, by Witness Lee

If some live in an unincorporated rural area, where there is no local church, they can meet with a good denomination nearby if they prefer.

If you think that ecumenism is the right way, then you should try your best to make that unity happen, and if the Lord chooses to use ecumenism to do that then so be it. Provided you are careful of the "bad side" of ecumenism which is bringing in multi-faith concepts and compromises with God's Word etc.

05-30-2017, 08:56 PM	#13
Evangelical Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,965	Re: Justification for One City-One Church dogma? Jake I gave other references that stated how the churches were organized, in my last post to you. I think there is historical evidence for the one city per church thing. We don't believe that the church has a name. The church has no name, and we don't use the city name to label ourselves like a denomination would. We are against de-name-iating. It is people's perception, that we take names and de-name-iate ourself according to the locality name. But that's not in our teachings: "A local church is not a term used as a name, but it describes the fact of one church in a locality. " ~ The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures by Witness Lee "If we take the ground of locality as a standing to be independent from other believers, we are divisive." ~ Enjoying the Riches of Christ for the Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ, by Witness Lee If some live in an unincorporated rural area, where there is no local church, they can meet with a good denomination nearby if they prefer. If you think that ecumenism is the right way, then you should try your best to make that unity happen, and if the Lord chooses to use ecumenism to do that then so be it. Provided you are careful of the "bad side" of ecumenism which is bringing in multi-faith concepts and compromises with God's Word etc.