[Church_of_Christ] Re: Creeds
Dear Ray,
I don't know whether you are being disagreeable for the sake of
disagreeing or what, but here are the facts! I just went and googled
"Southern Baptist Convention headquarters and received not one or two
but scores of hits that all say that the headquarters for the SBC is
Nashville, TN. Get real!
I then googled "Church of Christ headquarters" and guess what? There is
NONE! There was one for the United CoC. There awere a few articles about
the Church of Christ having no headquarters. But in the end - no
comparison!
--- In Church_of_Christ@
<rbpesach09@
>
> Nope, wrong again.
>
> The SBC doesn't set anything for congregations. The only document
that is considered a 'must believe' is the Baptist Faith and Message.
But each individual congregation decides what they will believe and
teach.
>
> There is no headquarters. There are state conventions, and membership
with the conventions is voluntary.
>
> > Greetings Cole, ED replying
> >
> > I wonder where you get some of the notions you come up with. Here in
> > middle TN the SBC sets the doctrinal positions of the so-called
> > autonomous SB congregations. It publishes its official document that
> > passes committee approval.
> >
> > Do we have anything like that? No. Since there is no earthly
> > headquarters, no committees or conventions, no official voice other
than
> > the Bible itself, NO.
> >
> > > Greetings Ed,
> > >
> > > you said: As you can see in comparing this document with the
former
> > Clay
> > > reproduced of the SB, there is very little difference. Both follow
the
> > > same pattern of stating what the body officially believes. If it
> > waddles
> > > like a duck, quacks . . .
> > >
> > > AS I've mentioned to you before, Baptist and many other
denominations
> > > besides the CoC are autonomous and free to believe whatever thay
> > choose
> > > to believe. They are not forced to belief anything. Are you
contending
> > > that the CoC have nothing in writing as to what they believe?
> > >
> > > And for what it's worth, I can see a lot of benefit in providing a
> > > statement of church beliefs and the doctrine of the local church.
I've
> > > seen too many CoC spend all their time arguing about what they
belief
> > > and never really serve one another in love. It's almost like they
feel
> > > compelled to argue everyone down to a precise position on every
> > > Scripture. I mean, is that what Christianity is really all about?
>
>
> Ray
>
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