Ecclesiastical Edifices:

Are you aware that the early Christian community had neither Real Estate (ecclesiastical edifices) no clergy (professional pulpiteers)?

Did you know that money was collected only for evangelism and the destitute?

Today most all monies collected by religious parties (churches) go for Real Estate or to sustain a clergy caste. "Religion" is big, big business! At the beginning God and His Son were taken seriously. Now they are exploited. The clergy and staff are worshipped and "church buildings are esteemed.

Every Christian is a priest and minister and preacher and teacher. God's only "Holy Place" or house is the believer's heart (Acts 17:24). The believer can "lead" his own worship without the assistance from the clergy or "church buildings". Anywhere he then meets with other believers, God is with them - whether in the living room or under a tree. Let us remove the "sophisticated equipment" and come down to earth. There God will meet with us in a humble setting.

          - The Reformer - Mar.87'

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Seventeen years ago; Seems to me like someone said that statement only yesterday!

            Yours for Truth and Freedom . . . Horace