Please Turn To: John 17:20,21.

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Please Turn To: John 17:20,21

A Critical Distinction Not merely a number of congregations that resemble one another Romans 16:16 Congregations that participate in some organization through which they act as a unit

Difference Between “Plural” & “Collective” Ships=plurality of boats Fleet=collective of boats 1 Peter 4:16 Plurality of Christians- no functional ties Collectivity = local church Acts 11:26

Church = a Single Congregation of Christians Churches = two or More Completely Independent Congregations 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Corinthians 7:17 Galatians 1:2 Revelation 1:4

Scriptural Independence & Autonomy Are Violated When a person, persons, congregation or organization assumes decision-making oversight of a work that a plurality of congregations is involved in

Voluntarily Giving Up Scriptural Autonomy Worsens the Matter We may Not Scripturally “Denominate” Any Organization Larger than the Local church but Smaller than the church universal

Matthew 16:18 “My church” Philippians 1:1 The New Testament is silent about any organization in between the local church and the universal church.

Are Not the “Churches of Christ” Merely Another Denomination? Acts 24:5,14 Acts 28:22

Jesus Prayed For Unity Among His People John 17:20,21 Denominationalism Itself is Something The Lord Has “Not Commanded.” Leviticus 10:1,2