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 The
Henry County Weekly-Advertiser of McDonough, Ga., in its May 29,
‘75 issue, had an article with this heading: “CHRIST’S
CHURCH CONGREGATION TO FORM IN MCDONOUGH.” The first paragraph
of the article follows:
“Two
groups of similar religious approaches and theological
background have come together in McDonough to form the community’s
first ecumenical effort. The new group, made up of members of
the Church of Christ and the Christian Church, will meet in the
building formerly housing the McDonough Presbyterian Church.
First worship services will be held Sunday, June 1st. The
worshipping body will be known as Christ’s Church.”
About
nine months prior to this event a unity “Seminar” was held
at Crossroads church, Gainesville, Fla., and the Griffin, Ga.
preacher was present and enthusiastic about such meetings. Now
the Griffin, Ga. church of Christ has apparently joined hands
with the Morrow Christian Church and the Christian Evangelical
Association to begin an ecumenical denomination in McDonough,
Ga. Winfred Clark, minister at a church in Bremen, Ga. comments:
“Now, brethren, this is exactly what “Mission Messenger”
and other like magazines have been begging for. They have talked
of “unity in diversity.”
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Now if you wondered what they meant,
you need not wonder any longer.” Further details I can not
give. Above is taken from photo-copies of the paper mentioned,
and from material in “Contending for the Faith.”
The
whole indicates the in-fighting, and extent to which digression
has gone among brethren who thought we were radicals when we
spoke out against liberal attitudes that produced
institutionalism.
A
card from San Antonio, says Roy Osborn, Sunset Ridge preacher,
invited Carl Ketcherside to meet with all interested church
leaders and ministers from the Churches of Christ, the
Disciples, Christian Churches, and various other groups which
have their heritage in the Restoration Movement. “Hopefully
this meeting will serve as a planning session for some future
activity by which the possibility of unity can be attained.”
If
there were any indications that these were genuine Bible study
sessions, where points of difference could be examined by men
who accepted a divinely inspired pattern, in an effort to truly
become one in Christ, we would have been present. Past
performance, published articles, personal contacts — all
indicate these meetings are headed away from Christ.
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