Members Who Post in Faith Groups

Incorrect. There was a thread, over 10 pages in length asking for opinions. It was not just changed and thanked.

Incorrect. There was a thread, 10 pages in length, asking for member opinions.

Those "groups" who fit the denominational description were those whose "doctrines" could easily be sorted out under creeds and confessions. Hence "denominations."

And those "groups" who could trace there beginnings to religious "movements" were placed in the "faith" groups. For example, the Spirit-Filled/Pentecostal group can trace their beginnings back to a "holiness movement" from around the early part of the 19th century.

But my whole point I was trying to communicate was ignored. As I said earlier, nobody seems to consider that we owe our very existance, Baptists, Catholics, Presbyterians, Lutherians, Methodists, Spirit-Filled, etc., to a religious "movement" that was started by a young man, a rebel from Nazareth.

Sure we might belong to different "denominations," but we all seek out like-minded individuals and churches to worship in. We "congregate" together.

And that is the original meaning of the Greek word "ekklhsia."

ekklhsia from the Greek Lexicon means: "a popular assembly, Acts 19:32,39,40; in the NT, the congregation of the children of Israel, Acts 7:38; transfered to the Christian body, of which the congregation of Israel was a figure, the church, 1 Cor. 12:28; Col. 1:18, et al.; a local portiion of the church, a local church, Rom. 16:1, et al,; a Christian congregation, 1 Cor. 14:4, et al."

The New Analytical Greek Lexicon, Wesley J. Perschbacher, Hendrickson Publishing, Peabody, Mass., 01962, Copyright 1990, ekklhsia, p.127

The definition from greekbible.com, says the exact same thing:

ekklhsia,n {ek-klay-see'-ah}
1) a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly 1a) an assembly of the people convened at the public place of the council for the purpose of deliberating 1b) the assembly of the Israelites 1c) any gathering or throng of men assembled by chance, tumultuously 1d) in a Christian sense 1d1) an assembly of Christians gathered for worship in a religious meeting 1d2) a company of Christian, or of those who, hoping for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, observe their own religious rites, hold their own religious meetings, and manage their own affairs, according to regulations prescribed for the body for order's sake 1d3) those who anywhere, in a city, village, constitute such a company and are united into one body 1d4) the whole body of Christians scattered throughout the earth 1d5) the assembly of faithful Christians already dead and received into heaven

http://www.greekbible.com/index.php

It properly means a group or congregation of born-again Christians who just happen to meet in a church. Should it matter whether or not you belong to a Presbyterian church, or a Liberal church? No, but here, it does.

We are properly congregational, not Christian Communities, or even faith groups. We are like-minded individuals who seek out congregations with the same religious convictions as ourselves to worship our Lord and Saviour.

The name "faith groups" never made sense to me because we all stepped out on faith in Jesus Christ didn't we? "Faith groups made it sound like some relied on faith while others relied on denominations.

And the fact still remains, all Christian "denominations" whatever they are, owe their very existance on the movement started by one man, one rebel named Jesus Christ. Who founded Christianity in AD 33!

Unite us back under the "Congregational" umbrella!

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I'm sorry. I guess I just missed it. Where was it? Does that thread shed any light on the issues raised in this poll?

How exactly is it decided when and who gets invited to these discussions? I came to this thread because of an invite post made in the faith groups forums. I never saw an invite for that other discussion, nor to the one that got the name of the denominations section changed recently. Seems either very selective or disorganized. Either way, it's not good.

I posted a notice at the top of all the Congregation forums.

When the discussion ended, I deleted the notice.