Churches of Christ

1st century-Split with Judaism At around year 50, the first council of the church known as the Council of Jerusalem, convened a meeting to reconcile doctrinal differences concerning the Gentile mission. At this meeting, it was agreed that Gentiles could be accepted to Christianity without full adherence to Mosaic laws 2nd Century-Early Heresies In this century, the role of Bishops was to refute heresies. Christians began to deny both Christ’s divinity and humanity. Examples are; Doetism and…

created so that blacks could see Christ, God, and their faith through the lenses of their own black community. Through this, God would be anti the oppressor and pro freedom. Black theology would create God to be a liberating Being. This idea is not far from scriptural accuracy. God is a jealous God and a God who frees those held in captivity. Examples of this type of liberation include Hagar being freed from slavery of Sarah, the Exodus, and the sacrifice of Jesus the Christ, who died to free…

Under the leadership of Desmond Tutu, the South African Council of Churches ignited the spark of revolutionary change within South Africa. Blacks were empowered to bring about their own reconciliation. It was understood that because the gospel of Jesus is subversive to empires, the Black Consciousness could challenge the…

The image of the Last Judgement, which is placed behind the Main Altar, depicts Christ at the uppermost center as he returns once more to determine the fate of the human race, soul by soul. With his Mother, the Virgin Mary, that is usually seen depicting as interceding for on humanity's behalf, is fearful of the scene. With these primary…

Christ will reign for 1000 years, bodily staying on Earth. The righteous will be resurrected. Christ will reign with tlem. There will be a short-lived rebellion ofSatan at the end of the millennium. Besides, it will be quickly suppressed, the wicked dead will be brought to justice, aryl after this cones eternity. In the eschatology of historE:al premillennialism, the apparent coming of Jesus Christ and tie admiration of the Church is preceded by great…

I think to explain pietism in our present Christian settings we must first notes its distinctive why it was called Pietism? I think to answer this question we can see today few groups in churches would identify themselves as Pietism. Pietism is a movement within Christianity that attempts to focus on individual holiness and a consistent Christian life. It is typically led by laymen or local pastors who are frustrated with the perceived hypocrisy or inconsistency within the larger church. There…

In the first section Jesus Christ is considered the central figure for Christianity. He is holding a flag and kneeling in front of the cross. This part is most important because it symbolizes his death. The next section in the middle you see a woman who is Christ mother she is the virgin Mary. She has a bright blue dress on and is looking up at Jesus as she gestures to St. Helena who is the to…

People come to Christ with their sin and receive salvation by following Him. In today’s culture, society is ripe with sin because we have fallen away from the church’s teachings. To my understanding, today’s culture looks for salvation just to say that they’ve been absolved from doing something bad, however, do not really follow or understand the whole concept of the Gospel or salvation. I have seen examples of this in youth groups in the churches that I have attended. Students would…

Christ is holding a smaller version of Mary, this is supposed to depict her soul, which he is preparing to carry to heaven. The sculpture depicted a sign of the growing concern for human emotion through the depressed expressions on the face of the fifteen…

have an important meaning. John Smith, the earliest colonial leader of Jamestown, New Jersey, described the first Christian church built in the colony as "a homely thing like a barn set on crachetts, covered with rafts, sedge and earth" (“Jamestown Churches”). The picture of this structure in the imagination seems like an ordinary house made of logs and a thatch roof; it was not a sophisticated design as a church. Of course, as many of historical records show, the earliest colonial period was…