The Ground Of The Church

[Peter Debelak]

Gubei:

It seems you see the "ground of locality" as prescribed in the scriptures (though the practice may lag behind). My question is:

Is the prescription "one city-one church" or would it equally comply with the Scriptureal mandate if we had "one region-one church" or "one-nation, one church" or "one-neighborhood, one church" etc...?

I ask this question only because you don't include the "one set of elders" in your rubric as a practical matter, only as a heavenly matter. Thus, I'm not sure why one would limit the geographic region. If having one eldership is not practical (i.e. we can't really know who the TRUE elders are, to whom to submit), then why limit the prescription to "one city, one church?"

In Love,

Simeond