The Spread Of Non Denominational Church

By Jeffrey Stone


The history of the church as it can be dated during the apostolic missions shows that different congregations worked independently including the gentile house of worship. This is the same argument used by the members of non denominational church in the states. Their growth has been so rampant, and this has brought a bad image to the respected denominational churches. What they fail to understand is that they had a role to play that led to the separation.

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:

After world war, two church leaders were noticed to have diverted their attention away from spiritual matters. All their attention was buried into political affairs and leadership. This made some believers to feel less attended. The people whom they thought had a moral duty to enhance their spiritual nourishment had a deficit in the same. For this reason, they opted to come up with their churches that will only be concerned with religious matters only.

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.

They are in a dilemma of what to follow as their religious yardstick: is it their denominational doctrines which identify them from others or should they use the bible used by other denominations. Most churches make the mistake of going with their doctrines as they feel that they help in differentiating them from other groups. This brought a conflict in the congregation as other members felt like the Bible should always be the book to be used. That is why they formed their congregation that did not follow any denominations hence always guided by the Bible.

Church leadership on its own has become a problem in these churches. This has been attributed to the complicated organization structure of these churches. The finances of this house of worship are under several different people in the hierarchy. Hence, chances of misuse are very high.

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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