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64 Sects In The Wrong Place

Communion:

  • One cup only OR multiply cups
    • Is it the contents or the cup that Jesus said to drink of it?
  • Singing during communion
    • Unscriptural... that is cannot be found in Acts 20:7
  • Non weekly
Women:
  • Not allowed to speak during any service
  • Must have head coverings
    • If they are prophesying or praying then YES they should be but see next sect.
  • Say prayers and wait on Communion table
  • Women preachers
Music:
  • singing with instruments
  • singing without instruments
  • both, one service with, one without
Congregation supported or not supported:
  • Sanctified money (and what it is used for) (example: the building)
  • Money has nothing to do with God and treated as such.
  • "We'll give money to anything, including the Fireman's Fund, MADD, as long as we have a majority of the votes."
  • only in cases of need/benevolence
  • support of missionaries (not one of their members)
  • support of missionaries (only one of their members)
  • support of a preacher (other than theirs)
  • support of no preacher (including theirs)
  • support of relief fund organizations (Church of Christ Relief Fund Inc. for example)
  • no support of any religious organizations, but support of other congregations projects
  • support of Orphanages
  • no support of orphanages but support of children's homes
  • missionary society support
  • support of colleges/university (who receive government funding)
  • no support of the above
  • support of "Preaching Schools" (missionary society based (WV, ET) and others)
  • no support of "Preaching Schools"
  • support of another congregation's evangelism effort
  • support of another congregation's building funds (not a new planting)
  • support of the weaker but no support of anyone bigger (that is the strong helping the weak)
  • Payed Elders (these are not denominational Pastors)
  • Church paid secretary
  • benevolence to non-Christians
  • no benevolence to non-Christian
  • no benevolence to mixed Christian / non-Christian families
  • benevolence to mixed Christian / non-Christian families
Divorce & Remarriage:
  • Adultery only for divorce, innocent can remarry
  • Divorce for no reason, neither can remarry
  • Divorce and remarriage for both for any reasons
  • Divorce for marital unfaithfulness (not taking out the trash, lust, things other than fornication), the more innocent can remarry.
  • Marriage only pertains to Christians, others not under law until Christians.
  • Divorce for adultery or desertion, innocent can remarry.
Baptism  (all immersion so far) :
  • Not necessary
  • Necessary to be saved
    • In name of Holy Spirit
    • In name of Jesus
    • In name of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit
  • Holy Spirit Baptism
Second Coming / Kingdom issues:
  • Premillennial
  • Millennial
  • AD 70
  • Rapture & 7 year tribulation
Others:
  • Everything is worship to God except sin
  • Can't be in the Military or Police
  • Black only congregations
  • White only congregations
  • Can't eat in building
  • No class rooms or separate bible study classes
  • Can not have any type of social functions in the building
  • Same as above but the $500,000 Fellowship Hall is okay.
  • Multipurpose rooms or buildings (Fellowship Halls)
  • No weddings in building
  • No funeral services in the building
  • No mixed couples
Seven Deadly Sins of Denominationalism
1. A Brotherhood
2. Brotherhood papers
3. Preaching Schools
4. Lectureships
5. Missionary Societies
6. Orpanages
7. Christian Colleges
trash They reject authority and authority of the scriptures.
Teach a brotherhood (sorry wrong word, DENOMINATION) of Christians or a universal church. Give authority to your preaching school, the Guardians of Truth, the Memphis Mafia, write creed books... Brotherhood magazines, mark (BRAND) everyone who disagrees with you. We want great things for you False teacher want-to-be, destroy the automony of the church and you can then be a BIG FISH in the BIG SEA!


Point of views among the major splits:

Non-institutional believe two splits:  themselves and liberals (everyone else).  Conservative Pro-institutional see three splits: non-institutional, themselves, liberal (Shelly, Wailing etc.)
Progressive (Pro-institutional) see only "legalism" or themselves.  Some see nothing but one big unhappy family.

What or who on this list would you call unscriptural, who should you not fellowship, who will or will not go to Heaven?  Chapter & Verse Please?

Partial list of sects/splits complied by Butch Walker
Do NOT Copy.  Copyright by G. Allen Walker 1999. All Rights Reserved.


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