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Kitchens and Eating in the Building
In the 1960’s and 1970’s , it became common for new church buildings to include a kitchen and “multi-purpose room” or “fellowship hall” (note – I am not enthusiastic about this last designation because it tends to reduce the idea … Continue reading
Posted in Bible authority, Fellowship, Textual study
Tagged 1 Corinthians 11:22, 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1960s, 1970s, 2 Peter 2:13, agape feasts, anti-ism, benevolence, book early christians speak, church controversy, church issues, clement of alexander, Corinthians 11, do you not have houses to eat in?, eating in building, edification, evangelism, everett ferguson, fellowship, fellowship halls, issues in the church, Jude 12, kitchens, let him eat at home, liberalism, love feasts, multipurpose rooms, Romans 14:17, Romans 14:19, sarcasm, scruples, the work of the church, unity
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Children’s Homes
Homes for children (sometimes called orphans’ homes) began to appear among our brethren in the early twentieth century. The first was Tennessee Orphan Home in Columbia, Tennessee which opened on September 5, 1910. By 1940, there were seven such homes … Continue reading
Posted in Bible authority, church, Church Organization, Family, Fellowship
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