:: WE HAVE HEARD what Benedict XVI says about Christians extra the one and only Church. We´ve seen what has happened in Los Angeles and the penalty 660 Million US$ to a lot of people. . . This is all a problem for the entire Christianity. Seeing each other as a People of God with a mission to reach out to the unreached, then we can´t just talk about we and them. In terms of Denominations or Denominations. REFLECTION Perhaps could an article written by George Verwer open up our minds to go ahead. His thoughts could be assisting us with the problems we have. He says: I am pro-denominations (not all of them), but anti-denominationalism. By that I mean the attitude that makes you believe that yours is the only true church group or at least better than all the others. There is a huge lack of reality and humility among such people, especially now with over 27,000 denominations. One group publicly teaches that all others are wrong and the only way is the way they believe and teach. This, o
The “D” word… Denomination. As a Movement, we don’t want to be one, and I think that’s great. But I wonder, are we shooting ourselves in the foot by trying SO HARD to not look like a denomination that we have moved away from making some great or rational decisions because we are “Denoma-phobic?”
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Two things caught my eyes scanning the news this Sunday afternoon.
First is the 2007 annual report of the National Council of Churches announcing how many members different denominations have on their respective rolls this year. The numbers make the papers; but they are old news for most people in the church. Denominations are rising and falling. So what's new about that. The same ones are
i have been wondering as of late if many denominations know they are dying? do we truly think any denomination will live past the next ten years of the 21c? i mean, given the stats over the past years i wonder if denominations know they are dying? if we take into account all the "emerging/evolving" communities of faith who deny any denominational connection, and even many of the modern
