Saturday 7 May 2016

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.

It should be noted that it was the faults displayed by the denominational church that made some of its members to seclude themselves and from churches that are not associated with any denomination. The causes are very minute but upon deep thinking one will accept them. They include:

The period after the 2nd world war was marked by a cry for peace from every corner of the world. Everyone wanted that one leader that could assure them that there would be no more war. The church was among the stable institutions at that particular time. It got carried away by the yearning for political, and leadership recognition and eventually some members felt the deficit in spiritual nourishment. This made them come up with churches that could assure them of everlasting spiritual nourishment.

To make the matters worse, this house of worship became more liberal and started looking down upon its traditional methods of dealing with issues. The group of people that could not be allowed to be part of the Church traditionally was by then accepted. Church disorder became rampant since the punishment was not done the way it used to be done traditionally. This made other members of the congregation feel like their congregation is being mocked and went to form the non-denominational ones who still adhere to the traditional view of this institution.

Sometimes down in history between the 19th and 20th century, the concept of marriage ultimately took a different diversion. People started getting married from different countries. Interracial marriage became a normal this. However, these marriages meant that the couples had different religions, and both want to worship as a couple. Therefore, there was a need to come up with a religion that tolerated the beliefs of different people having different Christianity beliefs. This led to the formation of non-denominational churches.

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 cropping up of non-denominational churches is a clear indication how most people have lost their faith in these churches. This is owed to the infringement of various freedoms in regards to how these houses of worship are operated.




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