Permission to preach

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ComplineSanFran said:
I think the title ‘non-denominational’ refers more to the authority structure within the larger Christian institution. Roman Catholics have what you call the Magisterium. Anglicans have a similar structure of Deacons, Priests, and Bishops, all of which are structured within a parish and diocese, and then we have the larger Anglican Province - such as the national Episcopal Church of the Church of England, all of which are part of the Anglican Communion.

Presbyterians have churches and Presbyteries, and then the larger national PCUSA.

Non-denominational churches don’t have the larger denominational structure. They are, in essence, congregational.

The Pastor is the authority and it doesn’t go further outward.

Marketing? Well, we all have to consider marketing, don’t we?
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But one of the reasons that church does not affiliate with a denomination is the ability to do things their own way. They are not beholden to anyone else’s teaching, but yet, they obviously do pick someone’s model and follow that. It may be Lutheran, Calvinistic, Zwinglian, Erastian, etc., but there is always someone’s basis. Often it is claimed that this enables them to be more like the early, new testament church, but that is not at all the case.
 
Chatter163 said:
But one of the reasons that church does not affiliate with a denomination is the ability to do things their own way. They are not beholden to anyone else’s teaching, but yet, they obviously do pick someone’s model and follow that. It may be Lutheran, Calvinistic, Zwinglian, Erastian, etc., but there is always someone’s basis. Often it is claimed that this enables them to be more like the early, new testament church, but that is not at all the case.
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Perhaps a founder of a church chooses to preach the Gospel.
 
Chatter163 said:
There is only one Church founded by Our Lord, the Catholic Church. This is a Catholic forum, too.
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Perhaps I should have phrased it to read a ‘church congregation.’ I think you have founders of congregations in your branch of the church too.
 
Chatter163 said:
There is only one Church founded by Our Lord, the Catholic Church. This is a Catholic forum, too.
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Actually, the Orthodox Church is a ‘church’, too, and is recognized as such by the Catholic Church… 😉
 
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