The Mushrooming Of Non Denominational Church

By Jeffrey Stone


These churches are growing at the rampant rate that is now shocking most people. What is this so-called non denominational church? These are churches that are not answerable to any mother church. They were viewed as Protestant churches, but that comparison was somewhat not valid. These are churches that do not want to associate themselves with any denomination.

Many reasons led to this fallout as these churches made various steps that led to this search for independence. These reasons are both politically, religiously and even economically. Some of these reasons include.

The deviation of the attention of church leaders after the Second World War. The house of worship at this time became more interested in political recognition and having power. At this error, many organizations wanted to be identified as agents of peace through power. Some members of this house of worship were very keen to notice this and eventually opted to come up with their congregation which would have leaders who are more interested in spiritual matters.

In addition to this, the house of worship became less strict and became very liberal in their activities. Those people who were not traditionally allowed in houses of worship started being welcomed. Some church mistakes were not punished as to their traditional expectations. This made some members feel like the value of their church was diminishing. Due to the love for the church they knew from before, they opted to come up with their churches that could not allow such linearization.

Marriages initially were between people of the same race and religion. By the end of the 19th century, interracial marriages had become very familiar. People with different religions were becoming couples. Most of these couples wanted to maintain equality in worship, and that is why they formed denominations that would appreciate each others faith.

They are in a dilemma of what to follow as their religious yardstick: is it their denominational doctrines which identify them from others or should they use the bible used by other denominations. Most churches make the mistake of going with their doctrines as they feel that they help in differentiating them from other groups. This brought a conflict in the congregation as other members felt like the Bible should always be the book to be used. That is why they formed their congregation that did not follow any denominations hence always guided by the Bible.

The current members of non-denominational church point a finger at the ineffective organizations structure of these churches and its leaders. They even go ahead claiming that churches do not account for their finances.These two are due to the complicated structure of this denomination and tracing the one who is answerable becomes difficult as compared to non denominational churches.

These churches should accept their failures and work on them or else non-denominational churches will be the one and only dominated doctrine.




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