by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 17, 2018 | Churchianity
In Worship, Discipleship, & Fellowship 10/4/06 updated 10/7/06 How much does the New Testament say about music? Not much, and yet look how obsessed we Evangelicals have become with music in our understanding and practice of worship, being disciples, and assembling...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 17, 2018 | Churchianity
Shouldn’t our highest priority, after our personal relationship with Jesus, be our participation as the Bride of Christ; the local Ekklesia, the local assembly of Believers? And shouldn’t our priority be to apply everything the New Testament teaches about...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 17, 2018 | Churchianity
Megachurches are not New Testament Assemblies They are Megabusinesses. A Megachurch is a Circus. They are almost always (always?) built around the personality of a man. Counterfeit Christs: Is your pastor a one-man show? I rejoice when Christ is preached, even within...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 16, 2018 | Churchianity
For example: What has been happening in places like Paramus, New Jersey between the Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) and a local assembly and in Colorado Springs, CO between the CMA and a Chinese church fellowship? CONGREGATION LOCKED OUT OF CHURCH BUILDING...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 16, 2018 | Churchianity
In what ways does the Professional Clergy System act like an Occult Brotherhood? True New Testament Fellowship is not New The Professional Clergy System Freemasonry, the Occult Brotherhoods, and Secret SocietiesFreemasons and Other Occult Brotherhoods Occult Terms...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 16, 2018 | Churchianity
The New Testament does not command the establishment of a Professional Clergy System. When the Professional Clergy System acts as a priesthood over the laity, as a mediator between God and Man, it is in rebellion against God. Elders or evangelists receiving support...
