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| My Personal Top 5 Christian Chuches (Denominations) Of All Time |
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1) The First Century Christians--consisting of the Apostles and their disciples. Read about them in the Bible in the Book of Acts.
2) The first few generations of Anabaptists--These folks were awesome Christians. They believed that Christianity was a lifestyle and they lived it boldly with great love for others.
3) The first few generations of Quakers. Their official name was the Society of Friends. I love the early Quakers. They didn't have a professional preacher. They believed that every believer could hear God's voice. They believed the Bible and stayed with Christian doctrine. Their worship was based on a verse in I Corinthians 14 that says when Christians come together every one can participate. The Quakers sat silently in their assembly until God moved on someone to speak or lead a song. I wish I could find a group like them today.
4) The first few generations of Salvationists known as The Salvation Army. These were probably the most aggressive Christians in history (after the New Testament) to try to evangelize others. They marched on the streets, preached in open air, beat drums, took bar tunes and put Christian words to them and sang them in store front buildings where they held meetings. They "invaded" countries as they quickly spread all over the world. And their target was not the affluent but the poor, the drunkards, and the prostitutes.
5) The first couple of generations of Pentecostals. These folks were on fire for God. They believed in miracles and healing. Many of them left their home country with a one-way ticket on a sea steamer for another country even though they had no financial support back home. They became known as "Missionaries of the One-Way Ticket." In 1906 there were only a few thousand people in the world that had the "Pentecostal experience" of speaking in tongues. Today (only 100 years later) it is claimed that more than a 1/2 billion people have that experience including tens of thousands of Roman Catholics. |
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Donna S |
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February 04, 2008 at 6:55am |
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The Salvation Army does wonders for the drunkards, I seen living proof of it at meetings!!!!
Grateful for all the churchs , relisgions who help the helpless, the poor then needy the lost, the drunkards......
Thanks for your insight
have a Blessed day |
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| ds13099: I too am grateful for all churches that help the helpless, the poor, needy, and lost. Thank you for reading my post! |
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Steve,
Fascinating post. Looks like you are about equipping all the saints for the work of service, pressing into personal and corporate intimacy with God in the Spirit, taking it to the streets in power, and keeping it real. AMEN! Have you by any chance seen or read a book by Frank Viola and George Gallup called Pagan Christianity? |
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Fabulous.
Let us pray that our generation may be your sixth group on the list! ;-)
Great Grace! |
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| Don: Wow. I like how you describe my heart. Thanks. I haven't read or heard about the book Pagan Christinaity? It sounds very interesting. |
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| Lara: The Anabaptists were an awesome group of believers. They were persecuted both by the Catholics and by the Reformers. They desired to go back to Biblical Christianity and felt that Luther and Calvin didn't go nearly far enough. They are known as "The Radical Reformation." The main anabaptist groups today are the Mennonites, the Amish, and the Hutterite Brethern. |
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| Amen, Mrs. Leonard! What a great prayer. God please raise up a group in our day that will be as powerful in the Spirit as those five groups! |
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Lori |
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February 04, 2008 at 12:35pm |
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| Great insight, Steve on the progression of the moves of the Holy Spirit up through the ages. It's true that none of us can claim we have everything right when it comes to doctrine. I believe God is getting ready for the next big wave, just as Mrs. Leonard is hoping for. It's not going to be like anything we've ever known before. He is taking those who are seeking Him with all their hearts, those who long to know Him deeper and more intimately to new heights. God will no longer allow us to put Him inside our boxes of religion and tradition. He has promised that when He comes back for us it will be to a GLORIOUS Bride, not one that is worn out, wounded and apathetic. I believe that He is going to pur His glory into us, and that it will be so evident in our lives that we won't even have to speak. People will be saved, healed and delivered because of the power of His presence in our lives. Get ready, it's going to be exciting! |
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Gene |
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February 04, 2008 at 5:14pm |
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| And all that without a reformation notation. . . hmmm |
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I too believe God is getting ready for a big wave of revival and spiritual awakening, Lori. |
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| Lara: The first few generations of those denominations were on fire, but most Christian groups begin to lose their fire after two or three generations. They tend to become dry and legalistic. |
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| Gene: hmmm? Thanks for the comment. |
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