ECCLESIASTICAL FRAGMENTATION

Why is the church so much fragmented? Why do we have diverse doctrinal interpretations of the scriptures? What and who is responsible for the various versions of the Bible. Do the disagreements we have against one another in the church favorable and comfortable or otherwise for our eternal truth?

These and many of such questions we must resolve if the church must truly be accepted as of God and His Christ. Many are agitating for church unity; but they may never be in the position to address the crisis of ecclesiastical fragmentation.

These are church issues that border on denominational, doctrinal, creedal, historical and geographical inducements. We may not delve into the professional analyses of the factors that had truncated the family unity of the Body of Christ.

However, we have a task to stand in the gab to find ways that can subject the ugly trend to the control of God’s Spirit as He is the One that instituted the Church.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), the Christian/Church Council of Nigeria (CCN), the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria etc, were intended to bring the church together; some of them for decades and many are still springing up. We are yet to actualize the dreams of these visions.

The Holy Spirit, God’s Agent for transformation and true change must be consulted with an un-bias approach; He must be given His ultimate place in every Christian’s heart. The Word of God; the Bible also must be strictly and highly respected and honored with the purpose of obeying it as the only standard for the church to follow.

Now sacrifices must be made, pride and prejudice, fear of losing the status quo and a host of bottle necks must all be considered as thrash which must be thrown into the dust ditch and be totally buried forever in Jesus’ Name.