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Contributed by Phil Spadaro
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Thursday, 08 February 2007 |
 Restoration Press is running an essay by Robert Carrillo entitled, “The Church of Christ and the International Churches of Christ.” It is a compare / contrast piece which explores more of the commonality between the two group than the differences.
From the essay:
“The International churches of Christ and the Churches of Christ are certainly of the same family sharing even the same DNA. The similarities can be clearly traced through history. Even the differences between the two are complimentary and of the same nature. In many ways they are primarily the result of where the two reacted to another, in this case, the ICOC to the COC. This has resulted in common and uncommon traits that can strengthen each other’s future.”
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Interesting article
Written by Alan on 2007-02-08 09:27:54
I love the focus on commonality between the ICOC and COC. But I wish the article had acknowledged the causes of the exodus in 2003. The author merely says "The ICOC lost 30% of its membership in the first part of the 21st century. Many of the lesson’s learned were closely associated with rapid growth. " The sudden loss of 30% of the membership deserves more than this passing comment. The problems which led to that are of enormous significance, and the correction of those errors is crucial to general acceptance by the mainline churches. We can't gloss over that if we hope to reconcile with our brothers in other parts of the restoration movement. |
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