The Bible says to not forsake the fellowship of believers. I agree with this wholeheartedly; however, what do we do when we can't find a Biblical church? The last two years my family has been searching for a church. We found a body we attended for about a year, but we knew we were compromising. We attended and we tried to influence the church to move toward a true belief in the sufficiency of Scripture, but in the end, they could not. Since then, for about the last nine months, we have been searching.
I recently read an article about what to look for in a church. The number one thing was finding a church with the proper view of Scripture - inerrancy, sufficiency, and inspiration. Yes! Yes! Yes! You know it is easy to find churches that list these things in the statement of beliefs? It's another thing to find a church that means it - that believes it enough to rely on that, and not tradition, to make decisions. That is the problem. That is an easy statement and a difficult belief. In fact in two years - much longer actually, we have not found a church that really believes it.
The truth is that the modern church more easily relies on tradition and feelings than Scripture when it comes to church doctrine and practice, and instructions for living. The Bible is actually pretty clear on most matters, but it is sufficient for everything. Sometimes it takes some digging, but it's there. There is never a reason to suggest that the Bible does not have an opinion on a matter. God's word is sufficient. Period. Yet, we add our own feelings and tradition into church culture, usually based in paganism, and in the process reject God's word as sufficient.
So, therein lies the problem with finding a church. Where does one go when the modern church blends paganism with faith in the one true God, and still claims to rely solely on Scripture.
Well, sorry, but so far, we have no answer. We are just still looking.
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