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Post by coveredinharmony on Apr 27, 2008 11:03:29 GMT -5
I found this site a while ago: www.apostolicchristian.org/They practice headcovering and to me look completely like a right Christian church. Best of all...there's one (or more!) in Illinois, where Jay and I are planning on moving after we're married! Could you brethren and sisters look at the site and tell me what you think? I realize that the name Apostolic is often put in names of churches that are less than Biblical, but this one seems to be different. Thanks so much Love in Christ, Sarah, who is learning discernment
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kscarle
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Philippians 4:4, Romans 12:1, John 14:15
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Post by kscarle on Apr 27, 2008 17:11:04 GMT -5
I did glance at the site some but didn't have time to go over the verses...sometimes they can be taken out of context. But when one finds a good Christ honoring church they find a good thing. Hope it works out well.
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Post by 7schmicks on Apr 27, 2008 21:40:22 GMT -5
Dear Sister, My husband said they are very Mennonite-like, so if you are looking for something Anabaptist, it would be worth your looking at. They certainly seemed very forthright in emphasizing the importance of a literal interpretation of the Holy Scriptures, good works as a demonstration of Faith, and standards of modesty! Sister Brenda
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Post by Brother Ben on Apr 28, 2008 7:31:41 GMT -5
I, too, found this group on the web. There is one of these churches in Nashville. I called one of the elders and spent some time asking them about their group. They originated in Germany and came over here in the last 100 years. They do practice a veil in services only (some where them at other times, but not most.) They teach against the beard and men must wear a suit and tie in church. If ymen do not do these two things, they cannot be members of the church. This, of course, is unscriptural, but I guess if a person can abide with it, they can find membership there. There was a split many years ago over the beards and suits, but the ACC churches that are pro-beard are few and far between.
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Post by mitchell on Apr 28, 2008 8:56:40 GMT -5
I looked this group up online and went to their site to get information on a local assembly. It sounded great on the website (considering what I've encountered lately). I got the address of the church and was intending to get a map and, hopefully, just visit if it wasn't prohibitively far to drive.
I must admit that after getting my hopes built up, to hear there are unscriptural rules about men wearing suits or beards - I am now a bit disappointed. I suppose I worry more that if there's that area of error, there may be others I wouldn't easily pick up on until much later if I got involved. - I was just encouraged initially that here was an assembly where a woman could wear a headscarf without being ostracized and excluded by the majority of the women (and sometimes men as well). - The "rule" about men wearing suits would immediately exclude my husband who hardly ever wears a suit unless he has to testify in court or something like that. I mean, he doesn't dress in tattered jeans (or any kind of jeans, in fact) but he does generally dress in just nice casual khakis and a cotton shirt . (He actually doesn't want to go to church with me anyway. I think he is ashamed of my being overweight, and is not all that enthusiastic about me looking "different" from the rest of the women in the congregation. He is used to his mother and his sister wearing butchey haircuts and I think that's what he grew up with. I can't go that and do not consider it scriptural for me to bow to that even under the convenient cloak of "obedience" to my husband.) So, I, battling feeling sorry for myself, proceed to live as best I can and want to go on to a church fellowship somewhere when I can.
Perhaps this ACC fellowship's only major shortcoming is the business about the suits and ties and no beards, but it is a little bit of a concern to me. I'm wondering now if there's a rule about what the women must wear in the way of modest clothing as well. I dress modestly and cover myself thoroughly, but I have to wear the things I have on hand which might not always be the "right" color and what have you.
M.
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