Has there ALWAYS been a true church?

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Originally Posted by Esaias

So... if Oneness theology and "Jesus name baptism" and "Holy Ghost baptism evidenced by glossalalia" are true doctrines of God's true church... then has there been an unbroken line of assemblies from Pentecost to today?

If not, does that mean there periods of time when there was NO ASSEMBLY OF TRUE SAINTS in the world?


And if that be true, how could any church truly come about ... during a time when there was not one single SAVED BELIEVER on earth?

Esaias, you confuse the definition of church with that of congregation here, understandably...imo, leading to the confusion @ 'saved believer,' which is both redundant and misleading, as no believer alive has made it to 'the end' to know for sure if they are saved or not...it's that pesky seminary yack, wadr.

The true church is made of living stones; and Melchizedek might argue for its unbroken existence? Dunno there, but i'd take for granted that any answer you come up with that most of your peers agree with is at least highly suspect, no offense intended.