There are good and bad things in the emerging church movement. Not all emerging church pastors are the same. In fact, some of them contradict each other on a variety of issues. You might have one emerging church pastor say you don't need to believe in the...
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Minor Groups & Issues
Please read this first about the Emerging Church
The Emerging Church movement is controversial, and CARM does not approve or disapprove of it as a whole. There is so much diversity within it that it cannot be labeled as all good or all bad. There is no official, single doctrinal statement from "The Emerging Church"...
Karen Ward of the Church of the Apostles, Seattle, WA
On June 9th, 2007, Saturday, a friend of mine, Ryan, and I attended the Church of the Apostles in Seattle, Washington. The pastor of that church, a woman named Karen Ward, had been in email contact with me for a week or two. I told her I was doing research, planned...
Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church, Seattle, WA
Updated: Previously I had recommended Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle Washington. CARM had an article on him with the overall approval. However, Mark Driscoll was removed from the pastorate by the eldership of his church for reasons which...
Did Jesus have a sin nature as the Christadelphians teach?
Jesus did not have a sin nature. However, that has not stopped the Christadelphians from teaching He did. This is not surprising considering they deny the doctrine of the Trinity and the deity of Jesus. As with all non-Christian cults that deny the true doctrine of...
Questions for Christadelphians
According to Christadelphian theology, Jesus had a sinful, fallen nature. Deut. 17:1 says, "You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep which has a blemish or any defect, for that is a detestable thing to the Lord your God," (NASB, See also Ezekiel...
The Christadelphian view of the Holy Spirit
The Christadelphians deny the doctrine of the Trinity. Therefore, they also deny that the Holy Spirit is the third person in the Godhead. When we say that the Holy Spirit is a person, we do not mean that He has a body of flesh and bones or that His first name is Holy...
The Christadelphians, John 1:1, and “The Word Became Flesh”
An examination of John 1 provides an important contrast between the Christadelphian Jesus and Jesus of Scripture. The Bible bears witness of Jesus (John 5:39). He is our Savior, our King, and Lord. But not all who call themselves Christian agree on who Jesus is. Some...
Introduction to Christadelphianism
Christadelphianism is a relatively new religious system. It claims, like many other non-Christian cults, to be the authentic Christian Church with authentic Christian doctrines. However, it denies the Trinity doctrine as well as the deity of Christ and the Holy...
The serpent seed and the Kenites
Two additional distinguishing and erroneous doctrines of the Shepherd's Chapel are known as the Serpent Seed doctrine and the Kenite doctrine. The two are intimately related. The Serpent Seed doctrine is the teaching that in the Garden of Eden, the serpent (the...