I knew of a congregation that nearly split over which of two competing hymnals they’d use. My own church sprang from the great Eastern Kentucky tradition of one faction falling out with another faction in the same congregation, then going off down the road a couple of miles to build its own house of worship. There’s no subject so vital or petty Christians can’t fight over it. In the United States in the 1800s, several large denominations split over slavery, the opposing factions all certain they’d heard the voice of God.ĭenominations and individual churches have divided over social issues, how to observe communion, modes of baptism, the presence or absence of musical instruments - the list is endless, really.
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