Category Archives: Churches of Christ

What Is a “Church of Christ”? A Supplemental Directory

In a comment on the last post, Matt Dabbs said, I will even put a post on my blog or create something online as a supplement to the directory to inform people of the contact information of those churches because … Continue reading

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What Is a “Church of Christ”?

The point has been well made in the comments here (thanks, CDG) and elsewhere that the numerical decline of the Churches is of far greater significance than the decision of some editor to remove 20 churches from a book that … Continue reading

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Yeakley States that Churches of Christ Are in Decline; Richland Hills In No Man’s Land

Several months ago, Flavil Yeakley, the unofficial statistician for the Churches of Christ, released a report called “Good News and Bad News for the Churches of Christ.” Although the numbers showed the Churches to be in decline (as reported first … Continue reading

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Knowing Who the Enemy Really Is

Garrett’s eighth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us realize who the enemy really is. I doubt that I need to explain this one. We savage sister congregations that are trying their best to honor God. We … Continue reading

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A Lover’s Quarrel: More Responsibly Biblical

Garrett’s seventh wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become more responsibly biblical. We have supposed that the New Testament produced the church, when in fact it was the church that produced the New Testament. … The … Continue reading

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Radical Congregationalism

Garrett’s sixth wish is — Let us reject our radical congregationalism and become more responsibly organized for the tasks before us. No local church, nor group of area churches, can do what the church as a whole can do. We … Continue reading

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Joining the church of Christ

Garrett’s fifth wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us become part of the body of Christ at large, cooperating with other Christians in the work of redeeming the world. We can do this without surrendering any truth … Continue reading

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Preserving Our Heritage

Garrett’s fourth wish is — While we are to continue to be Churches of Christ, let us become what Churches of Christ truly ought to be — in the light of Scripture and our own heritage I disagree with those … Continue reading

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Instrumental Music

Garrett’s third wish is — Let us, in particular, repudiate our historic position of making instrumental music a test of fellowship and a cause of division. Obviously, those who claim to stand in the shoes of Thomas Campbell while damning … Continue reading

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A Lover’s Quarrel: Renouncing Sectarianism

Leroy Garrett’s second wish for the Churches of Christ is — Let us resolutely and absolutely renounce our more recent sectarian heritage It’s not unusual for us to have four or five different kinds of Churces of Christ in the … Continue reading

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