How big is the disunity where you live?

[rinnie]

well OK that’s true, i was thinking too broadly. The communion I was speaking of is one in which we can share the Eucharist with one another. Obviously we are all christians united in him who died for our sins. I assumed we were all talking about the first kind of relationship since thats the one that is the hardest to achieve.

From what I can see comming you guys are in for a great battle among yourselves now.

Gay marriage, I see the Protestant Church really splitting off from one another now more then ever.

One thing you have to admit with the RCC is the Pope says no, ITs over. ITs no and you better get over it,

But with the Protestant CHurch’s there is no real authority and now I can see a big fat mess comming now. It is going to be something to see how this plays out.

Does anyone know if the Non- Dem, agrees with gay marriage?

 

[rinnie]

well OK that’s true, i was thinking too broadly. The communion I was speaking of is one in which we can share the Eucharist with one another. Obviously we are all christians united in him who died for our sins. I assumed we were all talking about the first kind of relationship since thats the one that is the hardest to achieve.

Oh Okay, I see where you are comming from now, and yes you are correct, We do not share the Eucharist unless you have become a member of the Church and had RCIA under normal conditions.

 

[CMatt25]

Oh Okay, I see where you are comming from now, and yes you are correct, We do not share the Eucharist unless you have become a member of the Church and had RCIA under normal conditions.

Well there is more required than those 2 Rinnie. Being a member of the Church either thru Baptism or thru the process of RCIA is not enough for the Eucharist to shared with someone.

 

[CMatt25]

Does anyone know if the Non- Dem, agrees with gay marriage?

Rinnie, if by Non-Dem you mean non denominational, I don’t know for sure but I’d say it might depend on the particular non denominatonal faith. I know of very conservative non denominational churches but I also know of some which seem to have a more liberal tone or bend to them. Peace.

 

[rinnie]

Rinnie, if by Non-Dem you mean non denominational, I don’t know for sure but I’d say it might depend on the particular non denominatonal faith. I know of very conservative non denominational churches but I also know of some which seem to have a more liberal tone or bend to them. Peace.

Yes that is what I am saying. How are they ever going to bring everyone together when they do not even agree on one teaching among themselves.

LIke the RCC is one teaching and it is shared by the whole Church. There can only be one truth. SO how do you explain this liberal tone or bending. Christ did not bend, nor did he tell his Apostles to bend.

He told them if they do not accept the teaching to shake the dust off of your sandles and move on.

 

[rinnie]

Well there is more required than those 2 Rinnie. Being a member of the Church either thru Baptism or thru the process of RCIA is not enough for the Eucharist to shared with someone.

Sure it is, if you complete the RCIA then you have received your sacraments and you can receive the Eucharist.

Once you have completed RCIA you are welcomed into the CHurch and Communion.

 

[CMatt25]

Yes that is what I am saying. How are they ever going to bring everyone together when they do not even agree on one teaching among themselves.

LIke the RCC is one teaching and it is shared by the whole Church. There can only be one truth. SO how do you explain this liberal tone or bending. Christ did not bend, nor did he tell his Apostles to bend.

He told them if they do not accept the teaching to shake the dust off of your sandles and move on.

Rinnie, it is all a matter of belief and interpretation and whose interpretation a believer has faith in. But for Christians of all bends and stripes, Christ is the “How”, Rinnie. In Him there is unity and it is He Who can break walls. Christ told us He is the truth. And it is by faith we believe, Rinnie, He, the truth shall come again. Peace to you Rinnie.

 

[CMatt25]

Sure it is, if you complete the RCIA then you have received your sacraments and you can receive the Eucharist.

Once you have completed RCIA you are welcomed into the CHurch and Communion.

Welcomed into Communion, yes, but with additional conditions than simply being baptized or completing RCIA or being called to receive. That was my point.

 

[westerly]

Well, I’m in New England, which is a predominately Protestant region- the Catholic churches are widespread in a rough circle around cities with a history of immigration in the 19th and 20th century, esp. where Irish and Italian immigrants settled. In rural areas the population of Catholics declines rapidly, proportionally to the distance of an urban center, as does the presence of Catholic churches.

 

[Izdaari]

I live in a suburb of Seattle, and there are dozens at least of different churches just within walking distance. Episcopalian, Baptist, Lutheran, Catholic, Orthodox, Methodist, etc. I don’t see that as a sign of disunity, since we all of us celebrate and follow the risen Christ, and we all get along fairly well and cooperate on projects and events sometimes. I see all of those different churches as part of the universal Church, the Bride of Christ (and if there are some tares in the harvest, that’s for Jesus to sort out). Would it be a Good Thing if there were greater unity and harmony than we have now? Absolutely! But I don’t see the number and variety of churches as a sign of disunity.

 

[ltwin]

In my small South Carolina town, we have a good deal of Baptist churches. Too many overlapping United Methodist churches (in one area there are literally two directly across the street from one another and they share the same pastor along with another UMC). We have a Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) and an Episcopalian church. There is a big old SBC church, a big old UMC church, the PCUSA church, and Episcopalian church all downtown and they seem to be the respectable churches for the white folks. Then down in the gulf (the historic black district) you’ve got Shiloh Baptist which is the big fancy Baptist church for blacks and then across the street you’ve got the nice black Methodist church. A good deal of Pentecostal churches as well.

We have a Jehovah’s Witness as well though it gets vandalized a lot and I think I heard that they had stopped meeting there and went underground.

None of these compare to the number of house churches we have. Seems like anyone who feels like it is holding services in homes or abandoned trailors these days. We have some Muslims but no mosque as yet (except for one Nation of Islam mosque but those cater to African-American muslims which for some bizarre reason works under the name of “Bennettsville Study Group”) and we have many Indians who operate gas stations and motels but I’m not aware of any Hindu or Buddhist religious centers yet.

We have one very small Catholic Church in town. I meet a lot of Catholics here but none of them seem to be practicing.

 

[Kouyate42]

I forgot some in my hurried post: there’s at least two synagogues in my city that I know about, one United Synagogue and one Reform. There’s at least two mosques, althrough they are both small in number and Muslims seem to be confined to the Benwell and Arthur’s Hill areas of Newcastle.

Along with that, there’s a gudawara and a few different cultural centres which I believe hold SOME religious services, including Hindu and Buhddist ceremonies, although in what capacity I don’t know. There’s also a small Kare Krishna centre and a Hindu temple which I don’t think is currently in use.

There’s also a good number of church meetings here which meet in existing buildings, including one in the local museum (for some reason) and one which uses a university hall. There’s also a number of home churches and also a load of house mosques/Islamic meetings, usually aimed at women, converts or other specific groups.

In addition to these, there’s also a humanist meeting group in a local building not too far from me, although I don’t know how big it is or what it actually does.