The shared center — held across the tradition
The only test is the good confession.
Do you believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God? That question and an affirmative answer is the entire doctrinal requirement for membership. There is no creed to subscribe and no examination, and there never has been.
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Silence leaves liberty.
The same rule that produced the a cappella Churches of Christ produced its mirror image here: if the New Testament does not forbid the organ, the missionary society or the denomination, they are matters of expedience. The two readings of silence are the whole difference between the two bodies.
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