Our Relationship with Other Christians
Those of us who meet in the local churches are fully aware that we are a small minority among the Lord’s people and that those believers not meeting with us are fully our brothers and sisters in the Lord and in His Body. We have been charged by the Lord to maintain a testimony of the viability of practical oneness, but how do we keep the oneness of the Spirit with Christians not meeting in the local churches (Eph. 4:3)? How can we maintain oneness with our fellow believers without compromising the testimony that the Lord has given to us to uphold? The articles in this series give us principles that should guide us.
Concerning the practice of the church, certain basic principles need to be understood and kept in balance. Fundamentally, the church as the unique Body of Christ is one universally and includes every believer … Continue reading Receiving All Believers but Not Different Teachings
One defining characteristic of the ministry in the Lord’s recovery is an absoluteness for the truth. If we are faithful to the Lord, we cannot compromise the truth. For that reason we can … Continue reading Our Attitude toward Ecumenism
This three-part article will address the relationship between those who meet in the local churches and fellow believers, the denominations and free groups to which they may belong, and their work. If we … Continue reading Our Attitude toward Other Christians and Their Work, Part 1: Maintaining the Oneness with Fellow Believers
In the first article of this series we saw the imperative of preserving the oneness of the Body of Christ and avoiding divisiveness on our part at all costs. Our attitude toward other … Continue reading Our Attitude toward Other Christians and Their Work, Part 2: The Vision of the Lord’s Recovery Being Contrary to Today’s Christianity
In addition to our attitude toward other Christians and toward the denominations (parts 1 and 2 of this series), we need to consider our attitude toward others’ work, and more specifically, toward the … Continue reading Our Attitude toward Other Christians and Their Work, Part 3: Not Entangling the Work of the Lord’s Recovery with Others’ Work