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Date Posted: 08:31:01 09/08/11 Thu
Author: George
Subject: About the NCC

John has decided to create a rabbit trail to derail discussion, by claiming that he does not know what shape the wheel is, and demanding that we demonstrate it for him. This will be tedious, and will take a little while. I will post the documentation from the NCC regarding the fact that member denominations must jettison all extrabiblical scripture to join.

The leadership in no way believes the Inspired VErsion, BoM or Doctrine and Covenants to be the revealed word of God. But -- since some of the old-time members still do, and old people often have money, it is just inconvenient right now to openly announce the truth. In the meantime, these books will be selectively used to try to justify to believers the actions of the church.

Beginning in 1971, the leadership absolutely denied that the RLDS church had any notion of joining the NCC at any time. However, in 1970, the leadership had already requested to be admitted.

Now, with leaders like that, who needs demons?

http://restorationbookstore.org/articles/current/coc-ncc.htm

Attached to the letter was a two-page memorandum from Rev. Dr. Robert Welsh, Chairperson of the NCC's Membership and Ecclesial Relations Committee (MERC). In the memorandum it was stated that MERC "recommends to the 2010 General Assembly that the membership application of the Community of Christ (COC) be approved." It was also stated "that the COC meets the eligibility requirements set forth in Article III, Section 2 of the General Assembly Constitution and Article II, Section 1 of the General Assembly Standing Rules," and that "the COC has expressed its acceptance of the nature and purposes of the General Assembly (and, thus, of the NCC and CWS [Church World Service]) as set forth in the Constitution; and the COC has demonstrated ecumenical commitment through its participation in various state councils of churches" and by some of its representatives participating in NCC groups and commissions.

Two areas of concern that had to be discussed and resolved to the NCC's satisfaction (which was apparently accomplished) were then listed. The first was quoted in a "supportive letter from Fr. James Massa, Executive Director of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs." In it he wrote: "It is always important at the onset of any discussion of the spiritual roots of Community of Christ to note that its founder is not [Joseph Smith] of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), but his son, Joseph Smith III, who was not part of the community's migration with Brigham Young to Salt Lake City in 1847."

The second area of concern that had to be discussed and resolved was "the authority accorded the Book of Mormon." According to the memorandum this was resolved as follows: "Leaders of the COC�including the President, Ecumenical Officer, and Dean of the church's seminary�affirmed without qualification that the Bible is the foundational, authoritative Scripture of the church. They acknowledged that 'the Book of Mormon is in our DNA,' and suggested that it confirms God's revelation in Jesus Christ as testified in the Bible. But it is not, in any sense, equivalent to the Bible in the life of their communion. Subscription to its teaching is not required for membership or ordination [italics added for emphasis]. While the Book of Mormon is sometimes used in worship, there are parts of the COC that seldom refer to it." From the above quotation the reason becomes crystal clear as to why the Community of Christ has distanced itself from the Book of Mormon. It is now not even considered to be on the same spiritual level as the Bible, and that would include most, if not all, versions of it, with the exception of the Inspired Version, since it never seems to be used by any of the leadership of the church. Why? Remember the first listed area of concern by the NCC was to note that Joseph Smith, Jr., was not the founder of the Church. And since, under God's direction, Joseph, with the assistance of Sidney Rigdon, made corrections to the King James Version of the Bible which was published after his death by the Reorganization, that very fact certainly has diminished its status and value in the eyes of the leadership of the Community of Christ, as well as by the NCC. Also, since over a hundred sections in the Doctrine and Covenants contain revelations given to the Church through Joseph, what will the Community of Christ do with these sections in the future? Will they remain in their Doctrine and Covenants, or will they eventually be removed?

The NCC spends its time supporting virulently antiChristian dictators and terrorists.
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ChJew_31/4991_31.htm

What a Christian knows about the NCC
http://www.lightministries.com/id279.htm

The CofC's absolute determination to join the NCC is just further evidence of its antiChristian, antidemocracy, and antisocial agenda.

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