Sunday, May 23, 2021

Apostolic and Congregational

I visited a Church on the Internet today. The service was led by a minister friend whose services I have never attended. He is Apostolic -- and his Church is thriving. In practice, what I saw was Congregational -- to which I would attribute his thriving Church. I counted at least a dozen members taking part in the service at the front -- several gave personal spiritual input. The presence or absence of the name "Congregational" may not reveal whether a Church is Congregational in practice. OBSERVATION: But they had a problem keeping to time. I have tried various strategies in that regard, which mostly succeeded -- using Western methods. In African Churches, there is what one calls "wegsing" in Afrikaans. One sings people away.

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