Sunday, 8 May 2016

The Growth Of Non Denominational Church

By Jeffrey Stone


These churches are growing at the rampant rate that is now shocking most people. What is this so-called non denominational church? These are churches that are not answerable to any mother church. They were viewed as Protestant churches, but that comparison was somewhat not valid. These are churches that do not want to associate themselves with any denomination.

They regularly argue their separation from the early ministries where each and every congregation operated independently. The Gentiles also served their congregation through their leaders. However, the point they fail to consider is the fact that the early churches though they were independent, they used to communicate to one another through Pauls epistles. When there was a need affect more than one church the churches came together to get a possible solution. Different reasons have led to this rift in churches. Some of these reasons date back to the post second world war error. These reasons include:

The period after the 2nd world war was marked by a cry for peace from every corner of the world. Everyone wanted that one leader that could assure them that there would be no more war. The church was among the stable institutions at that particular time. It got carried away by the yearning for political, and leadership recognition and eventually some members felt the deficit in spiritual nourishment. This made them come up with churches that could assure them of everlasting spiritual nourishment.

In addition to this, the house of worship became less strict and became very liberal in their activities. Those people who were not traditionally allowed in houses of worship started being welcomed. Some church mistakes were not punished as to their traditional expectations. This made some members feel like the value of their church was diminishing. Due to the love for the church they knew from before, they opted to come up with their churches that could not allow such linearization.

Marriages initially were between people of the same race and religion. By the end of the 19th century, interracial marriages had become very familiar. People with different religions were becoming couples. Most of these couples wanted to maintain equality in worship, and that is why they formed denominations that would appreciate each others faith.

Most of these churches get carried away by the doctrines of their churches and end up forgetting that the fundamental principles of any Christian should always be the Bible. The traditional believers who believed in the teachings of the Bible refused to be associated with any doctrine as it would make them divert from the Bible to the beliefs of denominations they serve.

Most members of these churches have lost faith on how their finances are being governed by these churches. The leadership on its own is very complicated hence not competent in undertaking their duties. Unlike in other denominations, they have simple leadership structure is adopted and hence management of this house of worship is easy.

The denominational churches are at a threat of being instinct if their mode of operation does not change as people crave for freedom even in the manner of worship and basically just how things are run in these houses of worship.




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