Author Archives: Jay F Guin

Toward a Conclusion It all fits together. But for those with a restorationist/patternist bent, the idea that there was but one church in a given city during New Testament times is a disturbing conclusion, because the Churches of Christ operate … Continue reading →

[This is edited from an article posted a long time ago. It’s the foundation for the series, and its publication likely predates the involvement of many readers.] Congregational autonomy as we practice it is not found in the scriptures. It … Continue reading →

Let’s take a fairly concrete example. Here in Tuscaloosa we have several hundred congregations of various stripes. There’s a congregation for every imaginable taste. We even have one large Baptist Church that has three Sunday morning services: organ music, symphony … Continue reading →

As so often happens, reader Charles McLean raised some challenging questions in response to Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Most start-up churches (those words stick in my throat as generally oxymoronic) come about for one of three … Continue reading →