In the Protestant world, particularly the Baptist, there is
always numerous churches to choose from.
Not exact matches
Ellingsen notes that
numerous ecumenical breakthroughs resulted from the Second Vatican Council, but mutual respect does not
always bridge the gap between the mainline
churches with their primary commitment to contextual theology, and fundamentalists as well as evangelicals with their prevailing commitment to biblical authority.
I have read the Gospels
numerous times with people in the same situation, and they
always come up with great insights and questions that would never occur to the average
church - goer.
What if decisions were made, not based on what other
churches or doing, not based on what the
church has
always done, not based on what the
numerous church policies say, but instead only made after people had sought the truth of God through Scripture, the timing of God through prayer, and the leading of God through reliance on the Holy Spirit?