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jesusislord · 03-21-2020, 06:03 AM

How can a Christian come out of a denomination? From my understanding is this: Christian shouldn't be restricted to love and fellowship with one another despite meeting in different denominations (Methodist, Presbyterian, baptist etc), according to Ephesians 4. Each denomination has different ways of doing things, but as long as all of us are trying to preach and act according to the gospel (vertical relationship) then God is happy. That's the true unity.

But according to Local Church, oneness is determined by the doctrine of the ground of the church, aka by locality. They did say the vertical relationship is the primary factor of oneness but they have bias when it comes to practice. They criticized other denominations (they claim they don't criticize the believers but the system) but isn't it they are too a denomination? It's a weak argument when you leave a denomination then you are not becoming another denomination. What more the LC only promote books that are written by Nee and Lee, members join conferences that held only by LSM, they have their own version of bible and a set of teaching and culture, that basically is another system or denomination.

Denominations are not divisive, denominations are needed because we aren't like the early church where the number is much more smaller. Denominations are diversity. If a member of the Lutheran church is restricted to read only Luther and only allowed to meet with members of the same denomination, then that's tribalism.

03-21-2020, 06:03 AM	#7
jesusislord Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 35	The root of the core problem of the LC How can a Christian come out of a denomination? From my understanding is this: Christian shouldn't be restricted to love and fellowship with one another despite meeting in different denominations (Methodist, Presbyterian, baptist etc), according to Ephesians 4. Each denomination has different ways of doing things, but as long as all of us are trying to preach and act according to the gospel (vertical relationship) then God is happy. That's the true unity. But according to Local Church, oneness is determined by the doctrine of the ground of the church, aka by locality. They did say the vertical relationship is the primary factor of oneness but they have bias when it comes to practice. They criticized other denominations (they claim they don't criticize the believers but the system) but isn't it they are too a denomination? It's a weak argument when you leave a denomination then you are not becoming another denomination. What more the LC only promote books that are written by Nee and Lee, members join conferences that held only by LSM, they have their own version of bible and a set of teaching and culture, that basically is another system or denomination. Denominations are not divisive, denominations are needed because we aren't like the early church where the number is much more smaller. Denominations are diversity. If a member of the Lutheran church is restricted to read only Luther and only allowed to meet with members of the same denomination, then that's tribalism.