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  • The Survey and the FCCC Website

    • Posted Jun 4, 2008 1:29 PM

      This is my first time to access the First Colony Church’s website. And I think that the following observations are worth noting:

      • Featured on the home page is the following text: “AN INDEPENDENT, NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH.” While there’s nothing wrong with the text itself and with the word “independent” in the expression, I personally become suspicious in the context that churches of Christ are already autonomous and non-denominational. Rather than the church being described as a body of New Testament believers and as a body that belongs to Christ, the expression strongly suggests “open fellowship” with those of other faiths, as well “independence” and a not-so-desirable association with other congregations in our brotherhood.

      • The website lists 26 elders who have served each of the following years [ordered by seniority]:

          1987*. . . . . 2005 . . . . . 2007
          1991*. . . . . 2005 . . . . . 2007
          1991*. . . . . 2005 . . . . . 2007
          1991*. . . . . 2005 . . . . . 2007
          1992 . . . . . 2005 . . . . . 2007
          1996*. . . . . 2005 . . . . . 2007
          2001 . . . . . 2005 . . . . . 2007
          2001 . . . . . 2005 . . . . . 2007
          2004 . . . . . 2005


        Does the asterisk (*) signify “retiring” or “being replaced”—does anyone know?

        Accordingly, “Ronnie Norman became an elder in 2004 [emph. d.c.]. He and his wife Martha have two grown children, Ronnie also serves as Senior Minister at First Colony....” Isn’t Ronnie Norman, with similar teachings to Rick Atchley’s regarding the use of inanimate, lifeless musical machines in the assembly, a controversial figure in the current scheme of things?

      • The congregation with that number of elders (26) appears to be large. (The Madison, TN congregation had 15 elders when there were 3000 in attendance regularly in the past.) When 18 of the 26 men [with the others being old-timers] have been designated as elders ONLY in the last 3 years, including Ronnie Norman, isn’t there in the history of this church something or things that may be contributing to the latest attempt at restructuring the body of Christ at this location? In addition, let’s take into consideration the Charismatic and culture-driven Church Growth Movements and their influences and effects in certain congregations in RECENT YEARS.

      • Just as the Baptist Church DOES NOT teach that being “buried with Christ in baptism” is a requisite to the forgiveness of sins and to being added to the Lord’s body, the church’s website appears to reflect the same belief:

          We ask of our members only what scripture asks of church members: faith in Jesus Christ as Lord & Savior, love for one another, a willingness to follow Christ’s teachings, and Christian baptism (Matthew 28:18-20). At First Colony, we practice baptism by immersion and if you have never been immersed in baptism as a believer before, you will get the opportunity to do so.” (Same teaching by Max Lucado of the Oak Hills Church [formerly “of Christ”]; cf. the OHC website.)

        Why not simply teach what the New Testament plainly teaches that there is no forgiveness of sins in Christ’s blood without FIRST being “BURIED WITH CHRIST in baptism and RESURRECTED (RISEN) WITH HIM” to begin newness of life? Rather than give the impression as the Baptists believe and teach that baptism is a form of obedience AFTER one has already been forgiven of sins and become a Christian? [While I realize that longtime members of FCCC know the truth better than what the website suggests, nonetheless, it is deceptive on the part of the leadership to proclaim such a message of salvation.] If I am wrong by making that assumption, then the leaders need to make the message plain and scriptural.

      Just thoughts and observations that may be taken into consideration as we further analyze the “expected” results of the survey as the one above.

      Please NOTE that the above message is not intended to question the faith of our brothers and sisters in Christ at First Colony. Rather, it is an expression of our concerns whither the leaders are going with the attempt to tamper with or alter or improvise God’s directives for the church at First Colony.
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