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To: Star Traveler
I ... PERSONALLY ... am of the ECCLESIA ...

Is this your organization ? Are you a member in good standing of a local Independent Fundamental Baptist assembly, or a Calvary Chapel, or a Calvinist group, or a Pentecostal assembly, or a Reformed congregation, or do you so whatsoever you please whenever you want ? Do you have a bishop like those appointed by the Jewish Apostles ?

118 posted on 04/08/2015 8:18:31 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

Of the three usages for church, that I mention — building, organization and believers — I am part of all three, but only “one” is defining for being a “Christian”

So, to answer as to whether I go to a building, yes I do, but the various buildings I have gone to, in the past up to the present, have all been owned by different organizations (and with different rules and bylaws and theology). They have not been “defining” with me as a Christian.

As to what “organizations” I have been associated with (in attending their gatherings) ... there have been several, with the most recent being the “organization” of the Southern Baptist Convention in Texas and Oklahoma. There have been different organizations however, so the SBC isn’t the sole organization. And there were different ones in Oregon, too.

The ONLY one I consider to be “defining” is belonging to the ECCLESIA of the New Testament, according to the Salvation that is in the Messiah of Israel, my personal Savior. All the other buildings and organizations have NO MEANING WHATSOEVER in me belonging to the ECCLESIA.

As far as to someone else trying to “get a handle” on where I’m coming from in regards to what I understand from the Bible, my Freeper home page pretty well sums it up in a very concise way. The most concise understanding is simply “dispensational” which is fairly comprehensive. But most of that is outside of the area of Salvation, and I must point out that is it by Jesus, the Messiah of Israel, as my personal savior that I am a member of the ECCLESIA.

FINALLY, what most people want to know is what “church” (i.e., “building”) one goes to. I’ll mention just one, to simply satisfy the most COMMON UNDERSTANDING related to that question (even though I’ve defined the above matters) ...

First Baptist Dallas
http://www.firstdallas.org

Dr. Robert Jeffress is the pastor. It’s also the church that Billy Graham was a member of for years (I don’t think so now), and it’s one that my dad went to for years, too (along with me, when I was there).


120 posted on 04/08/2015 8:42:45 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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