Possible Sticky: What is the Restoration Movement?

[HeyHomie]

For heeding the call and writing it out, you are the official Keeper of the Sticky. You should be able to edit the sticky at any time. Moderators can edit it, as well. If changes need to be made, go ahead and make them.

Not so. I tried, and I seem to have no more access to that post than any other user. Which is a shame, because I'd like to edit the first two paragraphs to include what Constance has added, and also include her two links.

 

[GK]

Weird. I thought members could edit their own posts. Must be because it's closed.

You're still the Keeper of the Sticky (just because someone needs to be), but I guess I'll have to make the actual changes. Post here or send me a PM with changes you'd like made, and I'll make them.

I'm asking for an individual to be the Keeper because it could get too crazy to keep updating every time someone requests a little change. Better to let it be worked out here and have one person who gets to pull the requests together and turn it into the actual change.

 

[SoulFly51]

Did anyone make the CF wiki's for the Churches of Christ and Independent Christian Churches yet?

 

[constance]

I thought it would be better if someone in those churches wrote (or at least vetted) them. I attended a CoC church for a year.

Wes, if you want to take a crack at CoC, I'd be happy to upload it to the Wiki section.

Same goes for ICC...

Constance

 

[GK]

The benefit to the wiki is that the work doesn't have to fall on one person. Start working on it with what you know and ask others to fill it in and improve on it.

Long-term, it would be much better for a sticky in this forum to point to our own wiki than offsite.

 

[constance]

Okie-dokie.

I'll take a crack at them tonight (we were gone all weekend on a search & call "mission" & are still decompressing, and I have to go to work!) & I'll post them here when I'm done.

Constance

 

[HeyHomie]

Long-term, it would be much better for a sticky in this forum to point to our own wiki than offsite.

I vehemently disagree with this. If it's kept internally, then the article can only be edited by a small group of people, most of whom are going to be biased (either for or against the RM). Having an external wiki means that it can be edited by anyone, which means that changes are more likely to come from unbiased sources.

 

[Lordcomesoon]

I am very curious, this is the first time I heard about this denomination! I didn’t read all yet, but what I like is that you go by the Bible only and that is real good because that is where the truth is.
But I am also a little bit confuse, it looks for me that you observe Sun day as the day to worship the Lord!!! When the Bible does not say anything about the first day of the week been sanctified or the seventh day been change to Sunday; from the beginning to the end of the Bible it talks about the seventh day Sabbath.
Like I said, I’m just curious.

 

[constance]

I am very curious, this is the first time I heard about this denomination! I didn’t read all yet, but what I like is that you go by the Bible only and that is real good because that is where the truth is.
But I am also a little bit confuse, it looks for me that you observe Sun day as the day to worship the Lord!!! When the Bible does not say anything about the first day of the week been sanctified or the seventh day been change to Sunday; from the beginning to the end of the Bible it talks about the seventh day Sabbath.
Like I said, I’m just curious.

Hi.

Acts 20:7 says

On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.

It is pretty clear that people met on SUNDAY for the purpose of communion.

The Bible doesn't say a lot of things that many Christians take for granted. For example, what does the Bible say about Marriage Ceremonies? Should we stop doing them if we can't find proof of them? What about Pastors? Church Buildings? Seminaries?

In addition, we tend to blend Old Testament (Jewish Law) with New Testament teachings. I don't believe this is healthy (for example, the stressing of a 10% tithe as opposed to the New Testament teachings. - I believe this focuses our efforts on cash $ gifts instead of our time and talents, and I think you would find more than 10% $$ would be given if people were truly taught to be cheerful givers.), especially when we don't follow the whole of the Law (for example, many Christians enjoy their Ham & Cheese omlette, or their Bacon Cheeseburgers).

Are we Gentiles or Jews?

Constance

 

[GK]

I vehemently disagree with this. If it's kept internally, then the article can only be edited by a small group of people, most of whom are going to be biased (either for or against the RM). Having an external wiki means that it can be edited by anyone, which means that changes are more likely to come from unbiased sources.

I stand by my statement, but let me explain what I mean by it a bit more.

Long-term, I think it would be wonderful if the wiki entries here were good enough that we would be able to use them instead of having to go off-site. I understand that may or may not happen and have no problem with the wikipedia entries. But I'm going to remain an optimist and hope someday it might work to link to our own. This assumes, of course, that we (CF members) are able to create some really good documents.

 

[GK]

Closing this thread as it's getting unwieldy. If there's further discussion on this, feel free to start a new thread.