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Numerous churches in the nation  Can they all be right?  Does Jesus approve of all?

Where did all the churches come from?  Not the Bible, 1 Cor. 1:10  Had to start somewhere, cf. Heb. 3:4

Where are they all headed?  Cannot be the same place, Mt. 7:21-23  Must go somewhere

Church of Christ – the redeemed  Bought by Christ, Acts 20:28  Built by Christ, Mt. 16:18  Began at Jerusalem, Acts 2:38-47  Year: 29/33 AD  Expanded by the gospel, Acts 11:19-23

Roman Catholic church  Developed over centuries  Head elder  City elder VS. country elder  Bishop VS. elder, cf. Titus 1:5, 7  1 st law-making council, 325 AD  1 st universally accepted pope in west 608 AD

Lutheran church  Martin Luther  95 debate propositions to pope  Wittenberg, Germany  1517

Presbyterian church  John Calvin  France  Institutes of Christian Religion: 1536  Official church of Scotland: 1592

Church of England  King Henry VIII self-declared head of church  England  1534

Baptist church  John Smyth  London, England  1607  Name adopted in 1644

Methodist church  John Wesley  “Holy Club” at Oxford, 1729  1739 set of general rules

Pentecostal church  Out of Methodist church in USA  Fasted & prayed for outpouring of the Spirit  1899

Church of Christ  Name, Rom. 16:16  Organization, Phil. 1:1  Worship, Acts 2:42; Col. 3:16  Work, Eph. 4:12-16; Mk. 16:15; 1 Cor. 16:1, 2  Doctrine, 1 Pt. 4:11; Jude 3; cf. Acts 2:38

Pentecostal church  Name: Old Testament feast day  Organization: one-man pastor, Council  Worship: instruments  Work: Entertainment, recreation  Doctrine:  Spiritual gifts, 1 Cor. 13:8-10; Mk. 16:17-18  UPC, Oneness, Mt. 3:16, 17

Baptist church  Name: Act of obedience  Organization: one-man pastor, Convention  Worship: instruments  Work: Entertainment, recreation  Doctrine:  Salvation by faith alone, Jas. 2:24  Once saved always saved, Gal. 5:4

Church of Christ, 1 Cor. 15:24 All others, Mt. 15:7-14