[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by AreYouReady?

I don't see Ephesians 4:11-16 working in many of the Oneness churches. If this were happening, then people would be entering in as babes, maturing and then leaving out to preach, witness and evangelize and the churches would be growing larger.

Instead, when a church becomes a corporation, it tries to stop loss of income. Christ's body is supposed to be a free living breathing organism...thriving and beckoning others to join the bride. Instead, the church is being bogged down with mortgages, interest, insurance and other ropes and chains to bind it with so it is enslaved to the financial system.

Obeying a pastor is quenching the Holy Ghost in many many cases and stifling the growth of the church because we have little ant hill kingdoms instead of a unified body of Christ.

Too many churches that are bitter enemies.