{"id":492,"date":"2006-05-15T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2006-05-15T11:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/05\/remind_me_again.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:46","slug":"remind_me_again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/05\/remind_me_again.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Remind Me Again, Why Is Unity So Hard?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know that several of the readers of this blog are very concerned with unity between churches and church groups, particularly between the various restoration movement fellowships.  Let me share something with you that I read today from Dan at <a href=\"http:\/\/ceruleansanctum.com\/2006\/05\/why-i-love-my-church.html\">Cerulean Sanctum<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I go to Clear Mountain Community Church in Williamsburg, OH. It&#8217;s an independent Pentecostal church that is one of the most unusual churches I&#8217;ve ever encountered. What makes it unique is that it is a church merge (as opposed to a split\u2013that in itself is rarer), but it&#8217;s the merger of a Pentecostal church and a Church of Christ. Yeah, you read that right. I&#8217;ve been there a year-and-a-half and I still can&#8217;t believe it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If that COC can find enough common ground with a Pentacostal church to <em>merge<\/em> with them, why in the world can&#8217;t the rest of us in the restoration movement, with all that we share, come together?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know that several of the readers of this blog are very concerned with unity between churches and church groups, particularly between the various restoration movement fellowships. 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It was an education in where we come from that I am grateful for. From his last post:Thomas Campbell would not recognize this movement\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;God and Church&quot;","block_context":{"text":"God and Church","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/god-and-church"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":582,"url":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/11\/community.shtml","url_meta":{"origin":492,"position":1},"title":"The Value of Community","author":"Doug Schaefer","date":"November 4, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE: Dan's series is complete, the full list of links is here. Dan at Cerulean Sanctum has a great series going on the value of Christian Community. I think his point is spot on, that community is a very low priority in many, if not most, churches. 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