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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Is there a legitimate basis in the NT for one congregation of Christians in a city to be distinct and separate from another congregation of Christians?
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I thought I had made that point when I remarked that Paul repeatedly writes the church in .......... (I think it was the epistles to Colossae and Rome) and tells them to greet the church meeting in XYZ's house. Both groups are separate and distinct. Who is in charge? Paul? Elder Q, R, and S? Or God?
I vote for the latter. Any efforts at the former will eventually lead to General Haig-ish behavior ("I am in charge here") and eventual dissolution into factions. In other (spiritual) words, Babylon.
Better to receive one another in Christ Jesus, just as God the Father has done to us, and let God worry about "who is in charge".