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How old is the denomination you attend?  Jesus said in Matthew 15:9 “But in vain they do worship me teaching for doctrines the commandments of men”.    Are you following man or God?  Are you a member of the church Christ died for or a member of an organization that a man founded?  The following are cold hard facts from history.

 

 

Time

Place

Founder

Church

 

606 A.D.

Rome

Boniface III

Roman Catholic

 

1520 A.D.

Germany

Martin Luther

Lutheran

 

1534 A.D.

England

Henry VIII

Episcopalian

 

1536 A.D.

Switzerland

John Calvin

Presbyterian

 

1550 A.D.

England

Robert Browne

Congregational

 

1607 A.D.

Holland

John Smythe

Baptist

 

1739 A.D.

England

John Wesley

Methodist

 

1830 A.D.

America

William Miller

Adventists

 

1866 A.D.

America

Mary Baker Eddy

Christian Scientist

 

1872 A.D.

America

Charles T. Russell

Jehovah’s Witnesses

 

33 A.D.

Jerusalem

Jesus Christ

Church of Christ, church of God, His Body, called out, kingdom of God

 

 

 

This is a record of the past nineteen centuries.  During this time division has occurred many times in these sect’s of men creating many other “faiths”. 

The Bible says in Ephesians 4:4 “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling:

Some churches are just too young to be of God.  Jesus said in Matthew 16:18  “And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”. 

Are you a member of the church Jesus built or a member of a sect of man?