Anti-denominational followers of Jesus

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arthurfleminger

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In fact, Jesus Himself founded/created a Church, His Church. He thought a Church was important and so it must be no matter how much you deny it.

Personally, I'll side with Jesus on the issue of the importance of a Church!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Amanuensis

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I feel you may be missing the main point that I am emphasing... and that is, if your spirit has been given life by the Holy Spirit you are automatically joined to the church of God. If subsequently you join yourself up to any other religious authority, which you do when you attach yourself (or leave yourself attached) to any denomination or any other man made religious institution, you are corrupting the purity of Jesus and His want for His followers to remain as one.

Fellowship is essential, meet up with people that have remained loyal to the Lord Jesus and have remained solely as members of the church that He founded at the beginning, that is where the true church is and where your real brothers and sisters commune... a holy communion of Christ's followers.
Most evangelical churches teach that you are member of the church when you are saved.

Some have a system of joining as voting members in that local church. Not all of them do that. Many do not have such a membership roll. You just go and they get to know you and you get involved.

Usually the membership methods are for being able to trust their volunteers. Some level of accountability concerning doctrines and lifestyle is needed before they ask people to lead things.

But that can be accomplished by just getting to know people and not everyone does membership lists or they don't call it that because they agree that we are all members of the church when we get saved.

They don't all do membership enrollment. The way you talk about it makes me think you are afraid you will be asked to pledge allegiance to their organization. Don't go to that one. Find another one. There are many that don't do anything like that.
 

Lanolin

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There must be a dearth of thriving church congrgations where Tony lives in Australia...is it in the outback?

This is the country that gave us Hillsong so...maybe in Aussie its all there is.
 

Lanolin

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Just meet under a gum tree...doesnt matter which one but I suppose there arent that many especially in Nullabor
 
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ChristianTonyB

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I am sorry to hear that :cry: Good luck to you, and may God continue to richly bless you in all your endeavors :)
Thank you Magenta. May God guide you in His will. Shalom 🙂
 

Nehemiah6

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The way you talk about it makes me think you are afraid you will be asked to pledge allegiance to their organization.
When someone is totally against joining a church, then the problem is not with the churches but with the individual. As we see in the New Testament, all Christians were part of the local churches in their cities, without exception. And today, there is a wide range of choices.
 
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No don’t leave I’ll miss you 😢


Acts 20:36-38 KJV
36And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 37And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 38Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.