Does the bible in the (New Testament) Teach that there is more than one Church ????

Answer 1

The New Testament teaches of Christ's coming and His instruction to establish His church - I believe there is actually a verse that states "the Churches of Christ salute you" but I can't seem to locate it just now - In answer to your question the bible only refers to Christ's church which was established by the apostles - read the book of Acts - after the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost - and the apostles began the work of preaching the gospel and establishing Christ's church -

Answer 2

What do you mean by "Church?" There are many "churches" in the New Testament...no one is lifted higher than another, it all depends on what is taught there. The church in the New Testament (read Acts!) teaches that there is only ONE way to heaven and that is through the Lord Jesus Christ. If any "churches" disagree with this, or add more to this simple step, than they are not part of what the New Testament was teaching was "the church." There is a lot of debate about this - but the Bible will tell the truth!!!

Answer 3

The New Testament is pretty much the compiled teachings of Jesus and his followers, plus a few letters that Paul wrote to several different churches. Historically St. Peter is given credit for being the first leader of the Christian church (The first pope) all of the other Christian denominations are sects that broke away from Catholicism for one reason or another.

As far as other churches go, Christianity teaches that the Christian church is the only way to go. Generally this does not include groups like the Jehovah's Witnesses or the Mormons. I'm not bashing anyone, I'm just going off of church doctrine, here.

Answer 4

The bible teaches that their is one Church (capital C) that is the body of Christ also called the bride of Christ. There were several churches (small c) in the bible, usually one per city because they were still small. Examples: the church at Corinth, the church at Philipi...

There is no mention of a hierarchy or world-wide leader. Each church (small c) was independent. However, they were humble enough to send letters to other churches asking for advice.

Answer 5

Isn't the question more like the differance in beliefs?
Christian, Jew, Mormon, Islam?
The original church's were of *one belief *founded on St. Peter by Jesus. Divisions started comeing in when the Apostles died and the rich bought their way into the church as bishops and cardinals according to their power. Doctrines were changed to allow the 'church' to grow. Then came those who found fault with the changes and formed churchs of thier own followings.
Some are even based on errors etc. Want to follow this up? Click the link.

Answer 6

There were several churches scattered out across Asia and Europe. But they all held the same doctrinal teaching. As time went by they began to grow somewhat apart. Finally split in 215. Slowly became the catholic church-was somewhat stable for about 1100 years and began to split again-and still is splitting.

Answer 7

No, which is why all Christians should join the One True Church as established by Christ, the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Answer 8

No, but there were various churches mentioned in the NT, and we know that some were made up primarily of Jews, some of gentiles, some were large and cosmopolitan, some were small. From the beginning Christianity has been diverse!

Answer 9

YES. Revelation lists seven different churches. Since Jesus is the light, and at the speed of light, all time occurs at once (and of course therefore Jesus can be in all places at one time and know all things...) these Churches occur from the perspective of Jesus, all at once.

This idea has been obscured over time by the Roman Catholic Church, because it messed with their power and Gentile, monogamist, western, heirarchacal cultural viewpoint.

Answer 10

It says that there is one church. The people are the church. Not the buildings, sects, or divisions. The church is all who believe and follow Jesus Christ.