WHY SO MANY DENOMINATIONS?
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Why So Many Denominations?
a) There are an estimated 34,000 plus denominations of churches in the world today including 1,200 in the U.S. alone. Why are there so many different denominations? What are the reasons behind this number of denominations when Jesus said that He would build His church, assuming it would be one, universal church (Matthew 16:18)?
b) Are all of these thousands of churches under the Headship of Christ Jesus? Most certainly not all of the churches nor all of the thousands of denominations teach sound biblical doctrine. Some are absolutely heretical and others teach a smorgasbord of beliefs from the Bible and other religions. Yet others teach that Jesus became God and was not God at one time. Some believe that even God the Father was at one time not a god. This teaching is contrary to what the Bible says (John 1).
c) Even though there are thousands of denominations, there really is no single church that has all known truth and teaches it perfectly. There is no one church that has absolutely no error, just like every Christian alive can not possibly know all truth.
d) As long as the essentials to the faith are there, like the Chief Cornerstone Jesus Christ being the central focus of worship, churches can still be under the Headship of Christ Jesus.
e) If you look at nature, if you look at the human race, and if you look at the intricacies of human understanding, you see that God loves variety so it should not surprise us that there are a variety of different denominations embedded within different nations and cultures. Its like asking why are there so many different flowers like the rose, the lily, the iris, and so on. Just like there are no two snowflakes that are exactly the same, there are no two Christians or no two churches that are identical. We believe God loves such variety as long as there are no blatant doctrinal errors within the body of that church. God seeks the worship of all nations, all ethnic groups, all people groups, from all over the world.
The End ...
1. Why So Many Denominations?a) There are an estimated 34,000 plus denominations of churches in the world today including 1,200 in the U.S. alone. Why are there so many different denominations? What are the reasons behind this number of denominations when Jesus said that He would build His church, assuming it would be one, universal church (Matthew 16:18)?
b) Are all of these thousands of churches under the Headship of Christ Jesus? Most certainly not all of the churches nor all of the thousands of denominations teach sound biblical doctrine. Some are absolutely heretical and others teach a smorgasbord of beliefs from the Bible and other religions. Yet others teach that Jesus became God and was not God at one time. Some believe that even God the Father was at one time not a god. This teaching is contrary to what the Bible says (John 1).
c) Even though there are thousands of denominations, there really is no single church that has all known truth and teaches it perfectly. There is no one church that has absolutely no error, just like every Christian alive can not possibly know all truth.
d) As long as the essentials to the faith are there, like the Chief Cornerstone Jesus Christ being the central focus of worship, churches can still be under the Headship of Christ Jesus.
e) If you look at nature, if you look at the human race, and if you look at the intricacies of human understanding, you see that God loves variety so it should not surprise us that there are a variety of different denominations embedded within different nations and cultures. Its like asking why are there so many different flowers like the rose, the lily, the iris, and so on. Just like there are no two snowflakes that are exactly the same, there are no two Christians or no two churches that are identical. We believe God loves such variety as long as there are no blatant doctrinal errors within the body of that church. God seeks the worship of all nations, all ethnic groups, all people groups, from all over the world.
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