The Ground Of The Church

[Gubei]

Originally Posted by Igzy

Gubei,

Let me also say that if you genuinely receive all believers and respect all churches in a city then I have no problem with your local ground beliefs. However, if you genuinely receive and respect then the local ground belief is rather superfluous, isn't it?

Because if we all genuinely receive and respect, then real oneness has been achieved, unless you interpret oneness as marching in lockstep under one set of elders, which I most certainly don't, since the downside of such an arragement is potentially much worse, and more likely, than the upside, as history has shown again and again.

Igzy,

So, are such practices as the Lord's Table, baptism, head covering just superfluous to you? If these things are really superfluous, why did Paul ordered to repeat these?

"if we all genuinely receive and respect, then real oneness has been achieved"
why not having one set of elders AS THE RESULT?

Please rethink my position. Having one set of elders cannot be attained by forcing it. That state is just a natural outcome from genuine oneness among Christians - so fragile given human nature. That's why I regard that state as an "ideal state."

Gubei