Hi Joynet friends, We see more than 15,000 (this is not an exact number) churches scattered around the world, all professing to be the true church and finding fault with all others.
The Acts of the Apostles, Revelation and the letters of St Paul provide us with hints about existence of different churches. As Shreil and Shija and many others pointed out the Church is the body of Christ and different denominations are the parts of the body. There is no dispute about it. Why and how all the denominations came to exist is part of history now. But all churches with apostolic traditions have authority derived from Christ by ordination and faith. The moot question is why do they fight each other and throw dirt against each other. Most of the divisions in the church today have something to do with leadership struggle. Faith has had very little role in the division and subdivision of the church. This is where the ecumenical movement and apologies of the Catholic church have relevance. Let different churches learn to behave like parts of the body and help and console each other, feel the pain inflicted on one part or the other and the Head of the body will provide the healing quickly and effectively. Let no one blame others. Now let's all pray for it today and every day. God bless you Joseph Lonth Dubai, UAE **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
