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Originally Posted by A little brother
You have managed to confuse me again. Do you receive or not receive a believer who thinks he has joined a denomination? Does he have to leave the denomination in order to be received by you as a member of the local church and the body of Christ?
If Paul had gone to Lee, I guess Paul would be kicked out of the door of the local church to the outer darkness without the chance of saying a word because of his Judaism practices, e.g. He circumcised Timothy, the son of a Greek.
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Yet Paul resisted Titus being circumcised, that's an interesting discussion in itself.
It depends - does the believer want to fellowship on the basis of his denomination, or does he want to fellowship on the basis of being a believer.
In the early church it was important to be identified correctly because of the spies and persecution.
Am curious - does everyone in your local church believe they are a Local Church denomination?