Online Churches

[Celtic D]

Can anyone recommend any online churches, or even just know of any?

 

[Nova Scotian Boy]

By online church do you mean a online church to replace a physical church, or a physical church that has a website and sermons etc available to be listened to?

 

[Celtic D]

Online to replace physical

 

[LisaStreet]

Online churches sound suspect. How can you monitor anything?

 

[LisaStreet]

There is probably a million and one online churches.

 

[Celtic D]

Online churches sound suspect. How can you monitor anything?

No more suspect than real life ones

 

[Celtic D]

There is probably a million and one online churches.

Thank you for that really helpful piece of information, helps me answer my question no end

 

[emily_elizabeth]

I'm pretty much homebound because of anxiety, so I've found Lifechurch.tv to be incredibly helpful. They also have podcasts and one of the best Bible apps for iPhone I've ever seen.

 

[Dmitry R.]

Online to replace physical

That's just not possible, IMHO. Church can not be online.

 

[Andres88]

What will substitute baptism, the Lord's supper, Biblical disciplinary actions, etc? Then again, the question would be, why exactly do you want to replace a physical church for an online one?

 

[Celtic D]

That's just not possible, IMHO. Church can not be online.

Why not?

 

[Celtic D]

What will substitute baptism, the Lord's supper, Biblical disciplinary actions, etc? Then again, the question would be, why exactly do you want to replace a physical church for an online one?

Why is none of your concern!

As for Baptism and the Lord's Supper they are not required, and no group of men will discipline me, churches have no right to punish anyone!

 

[pilgrimgal]

I tried an online church some years ago when we lived in the country. It worked for a while but I found it could not replace a congregation. That one was based in Oxford, England and was called i-church, I think. Am not sure what it is called now. Wherever you go on or off line you'll find churches are made up of people and not perfect. peace and prayers..

 

[saturnne]

LifeChurch.tv!

The messages are amazing.

 

[htmanning]

I've never heard of an online church, but even if it exists I don't think it can replace a traditional church. The Internet is amazing, but there are just some things that can't be substituted.

 

[Celtic D]

I've never heard of an online church, but even if it exists I don't think it can replace a traditional church. The Internet is amazing, but there are just some things that can't be substituted.

I love the way people (not just you) pass judgement on things without having experiencecd them. No wonder the church is in the state it is in today, people (and Christians are the worst for it) are afraid to move out of their little boxes. Are they afraid the challenge might make them think about their faith and alter their preconceived biased thoughts ???

 

[fm107]

Why is none of your concern!

As for Baptism and the Lord's Supper they are not required, and no group of men will discipline me, churches have no right to punish anyone!

Baptism and the Lord's supper is not required????

Acts 2:41-42
Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
The Fellowship of the Believers
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

1 Corinthians 23-26
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you [that's the gathering of believer's he is writing to] eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

The above letter was sent by Paul to the Church in Corinth. So the Lord's supper (the breaking of bread and drinking of the cup) is very much something you should be doing at church amoungst other Christians, passing the bread and cup one to another as the disciples did.

With regards to a physical church and a internet church. You cannot and must not replace the physical. The physical church is as Jesus calls it in revelation, a lampstand (rev 1.20). A lampstand gives light to the area it is situated in. E.g. the Church in Corinth was a physical place, it was God's testimony in that area (Corinth).

1 Corinthians 14:24
But if an unbeliever or someone who does not understand comes in

You see from the above it is physical because someone can walk in through the door.

And also, they met physically:

1 Corinthians 11:18
In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church

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The assembly of believers at church do have the right to disciple you. Scripture makes that so clear in so many different passages.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

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You seem to be in rebellion against God for some reason. You want things all your own way and seem to disregard God's word. That is not good behaviour. You ought to humble yourself somewhat and follow scripture (God's living word) otherwise God will end up disciplining you, and you don’t want that to happen.

 

[Celtic D]

Baptism and the Lord's supper is not required????

Acts 2:41-42
Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
The Fellowship of the Believers
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

1 Corinthians 23-26
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you [that's the gathering of believer's he is writing to] eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

The above letter was sent by Paul to the Church in Corinth. So the Lord's supper (the breaking of bread and drinking of the cup) is very much something you should be doing at church amoungst other Christians, passing the bread and cup one to another as the disciples did.

With regards to a physical church and a internet church. You cannot and must not replace the physical. The physical church is as Jesus calls it in revelation, a lampstand (rev 1.20). A lampstand gives light to the area it is situated in. E.g. the Church in Corinth was a physical place, it was God's testimony in that area (Corinth).

1 Corinthians 14:24
But if an unbeliever or someone who does not understand comes in

You see from the above it is physical because someone can walk in through the door.

And also, they met physically:

1 Corinthians 11:18
In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church

........................................................................................

The assembly of believers at church do have the right to disciple you. Scripture makes that so clear in so many different passages.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

........................................................................................

You seem to be in rebellion against God for some reason. You want things all your own way and seem to disregard God's word. That is not good behaviour. You ought to humble yourself somewhat and follow scripture (God's living word) otherwise God will end up disciplining you, and you don’t want that to happen.

You really have got tabs on yourself, you have got no idea about my relationship with God, so I would rather you did not cast aspersions about it!

No, neither Baptism or the Lord's Supper are required, and indeed there are churches which practice neither.

 

[fm107]

I'm providing you scripture which shows you that these things ought to be taking place in the church.

All your doing is putting your hands on your ears and going lalalala.

There seems to be no telling you.

"indeed there are churches which practice neither."

Churches which practice neither are going against scripture then because scripture clearly shows that these things should be taking place.

Do you have ANY scriptures which backs up your view point? I have given you loads and can provide loads more. You have neither disproved my points or provide scripture to contradict my points.

 

[Celtic D]

"There is no telling me", grow up son, if I want your advice I'll ask for it, and I didn't ask for it.

And the Salvation Army for one will be glad to hear that you think they are unscriptural.

You are entitled to your opinion, and I am entitled to disagree with it and take God's opinion in its place