Category: Church Denomination

The Management of Sin and Sinners In The First Century AD This connects with the rest of Beyond Denominations in showing how a local area network can manage church discipline and in particular how such […]

Body To Bride   1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians are connected epistles. 1 Corinthians is the “primer” where Paul laid down his prescriptions for the church in pagan Corinth. Now in 2 Corinthians he is […]

Are We Going To Go Broke As A Result?   Local churches will set their own budgets and pay their own pastors without denominational levies.  Pastors will probably be paid the same and as part […]

Wanting a change is one thing, making it happen in a peaceful and wise and effective way is another. I have no intention of hitting denominations over the head and saying “go away” and leaving […]

Denominations have failed at many of the core tasks of the Church – at least compared to task focused Christian organisations.   Bible Translation – the core task of making sure the Scriptures are translated […]

Why do governments and industry prefer local area networks of churches to denominations? Why are missionary candidates often wary about joining denominational missions? Why are Christian schools and hospitals increasingly choosing to associate in interdenominational […]

Most exponents of early church history such as Robert Banks argue that the early church met in houses and these houses were linked together in city-wide networks. I see it as a bit broader than […]