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HOW TO CHOOSE A
CHURCH
Copyright
September 7, 2003 6:16 PM CST
By Dr.
Michael J. Bisconti
Updated
August 25, 2004 4:04 AM CST
Copyright
August 25, 2004 4:04 AM CST
By Dr. Michael J. Bisconti
Choose a
church that is:
- A church
that has proven that the Authorized Version, the King James Version, of
the Bible is the Bible. See
Biblical Textual Criticism.
- A church
that follows the Bible.
- A church
that follows the Authorized Version, the King James Version, of the Bible.
- A church
that makes it absolutely clear to the entire world that if any version of
the Bible were to disagree with the King James Version of the Bible it
would be the King James Version of the Bible that would be followed.
- A church
that always quotes the King James Version of the Bible immediately before
quoting any other version of the Bible.
- A church
whose membership is regarded by the world of sane human beings, Christian and
non-Christian, as being a normal group of people. A normal group of people DOES NOT,
and we mean this literally, DOES NOT…roll around on the church
floor shouting out praises to God.
- A church
that follows the established principles of scientific biblical
hermeneutics (principles of interpretation). The principles of scientific biblical hermeneutics applied
to the Scriptures yield the theology of Christianity. More specifically, this is the theology
of most Bible Churches, most Baptist Churches, and most other Protestant
churches. It is also the theology
of a few Roman Catholics, though not necessarily of any given Roman
Catholic Church. We are just
beginning to develop the Christian theology page (see the Theology page).
- A church
that has human leadership. This
human leadership, of course, has divine leadership.
- A church
where the human leadership consists of men except that women can be
leaders of other women, of girls, and of boys below the “age of
transformation.” (The age of
transformation is the age when a child first thinks like an adult.)
- A church
whose primary mission is the promotion of love and good works,
which includes being used of God to bring people to a profession of faith
in our Lord Jesus Christ. Hebrews
10:24-25 says:
And
let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another:
and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Note
the words “to provoke unto love and to good works.” The primary mission of a church is to promote “love and…good
works.”
- A church
that respects the denominational name of every other church.