Obviously, the idea that there have been three eras of the history of today's religious institution that began as a spiritually empowered movement in the time of John Winebrenner, is an old idea for me.
I've been using the Church of God, Churches of God, CGGC terminology since back in the days of Brian Miller's blog.
But, spelling it out, as I did a few days ago, has unleashed some fresh thinking in my mind.
It strikes me that we have a type of chaos...and lack the sort of unity that Jesus prays for His disciples to have...because, in our body today, there are:
Churches of God people convinced that their's is the true way and we have many
CGGC people who can't embrace any reality for us apart from the current institutionalized system of "leadership" by a hierarchy of Executive Directors, Directors and Councils and Commissions and Task Forces.
Obviously, I'm for a return to the spirit of our early days when the Lord of all authority and power and blessing, blessed us i.e., the Church of God.
The question that I see for our next few years is: Will a sort of Neo-Church of God faction, movement? arise.
I think that that may happen, but it may be that I think that because I want it to happen.
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