The term “denominationalism” is a relatively familiar one, but what does it really mean? The word itself is interesting and instructive. The Latin word nomen meant “name.” From it we get such English words as “nominate” (to propose someone by name as a candidate), “misnomer” (an incorrect name for something), and even “noun” (the name [...]

Introduction: Last week we saw that our language needs to change so that we speak of the Lord’s body undenominationally. The religious world teaches that the Lord’s body is made up of denominations and congregations. In fact, I recently heard a preacher on television speaking about how there ought to be no divisions in the [...]

We have noted in previous lessons that the word church in our Bibles is the Greek word ekklesia, which simply means people called out of one relationship or location and into another. Therefore, when we speak of the church of Christ in the scriptures, we are talking about people who have been called out of [...]

Introduction: In our last study we looked at the differences between the two concepts that we find in the New Testament, the universal and local church. We remember that the word church, ekklesia, is simply defined as a group of people called out of one relationship or location and into another. In reference to Christ, [...]

Introduction: Last time we looked at the scriptural definition of the church. We saw that the church, ekklesia, simply means a group of people called out of one relationship or location and into another. Thus, the church of Christ is simply people who have been called out of the world and into a relationship with [...]