Church of Christ. “The churches of Christ greet you” (Romans 16:16) The Lord’s Church Church of Christ Baptist Church Methodist Church Southern Baptist.

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Church of Christ

“The churches of Christ greet you” (Romans 16:16) The Lord’s Church Church of Christ Baptist Church Methodist Church Southern Baptist United Methodist The Baptist Church is not the Methodist Church. The Methodist Church is not the Church of Christ. “My church” (Matt. 16:18). “One body” (Eph. 4:4; 1:22- 23). Division is carnal (1 Cor. 1:10-13; 3:3-4). “I am the vine you are the branches” (John 15:5-6). “Everywhere in every church” (1 Cor. 4:17). Unscriptural Concept

“The churches of Christ greet you” (Romans 16:16) The Lord’s Church Church in Corinth Corinth (1 Cor. 1:1-2). Jerusalem (Acts 11:22). Rome (Rom. 1:7; 16:3-5; 16:23; 1 Cor. 1:14; Rom. 16:1, 16). All of these churches were “churches of Christ.” Can we be what they were? Scriptural Concept Church in Rome Church in Jerusalem