WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CHURCHES - ANSWERING the Hardline Church of Christ Denomination

When someone ask the question WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CHURCHES they usually are not interested in seeking an honest answer to the question. But rather they ask the question to go on to say (1) Christianity is divided. (2) God wants unity in His church not division (3) and their group is the Only True Christian Church. This is the case with the video above and the website WhyAreThereSoManyChurches.com that is produced by the hardline Church of Christ (CoC) organization World Video Bible School. This site seeks to examine that video and it’s exclusive claims and inferences in detail. (Please note: Not all congregations in the CoC denomination believe they are the One True Church. The ones that do are called “hardliners” among the CoC’s who do not say the CoC is the One True Church)

In case you have not viewed the 26 minute video above that we are about to examine, the video starts off with 5 interviews where people ask certain loaded questions about denominations and churches. The narrator, Don Blackwell, then starts off by asking a series of more loaded questions. Those questions follow and we will look at and answer a couple of them first before we look into some of the false claims made in the video.

***He’s such a troll. He has never debated anyone but his own caricatures.***

Were you around ten years ago when we REALLY tangled with the Campbellites who tried to take over the FR Religion forum?
When we had an informal bible get together of our plant workers, the Campbellite preacher workers tried to rule the roost. When they found enough people knew of their antics THEY were the first to voluntarily leave.

All is not lovie dovey in the churches of christ. Instrumental music can get a church removed from the CofC directory! Not doctrine, but MUSIC can get them removed!

http://www.christianchronicle.org/article/richland-hills-among-churches-removed-from-directory

Also be informed, there is a church of Christ Mormon branch. East to understand since a Campbellite (Sidney Rigdon) wrote doctrine for both the CofC and Mormons before he led his CofC congregation into mormonism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Rigdon

“From 1824 to 1826, Rigdon worked as a journeyman tanner in Pittsburgh, while preaching Campbell’s Restorationism on Sundays in the courthouse.[6]”

Latter Day Saint leader in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois (1830–44)

Many prominent early Latter Day Saint leaders, including Parley P. Pratt, Isaac Morley and Edward Partridge, were members of Rigdon’s congregations prior to their conversion to the Church of Christ founded by Joseph Smith.
Early involvement

In early September 1830, Rigdon associate Pratt was baptized into Joseph Smith’s Church of Christ. In October, Pratt and Ziba Peterson began a mission to preach to the American Indians.

They visited Rigdon in Ohio. Rigdon read the Book of Mormon, proclaimed its truthfulness, and was baptized into the church. He proceeded to convert hundreds of members of his Ohio congregations. In December 1830, Rigdon traveled to New York, where he met Joseph Smith.[citation needed]

Rigdon was a fiery orator and he was immediately called by Smith to be the spokesman for the church. He also served as a scribe and helped with Smith’s re-translation of the Bible.

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