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Date Posted: 16:33:21 09/18/11 Sun
Author: Lois
Subject: General Denominational (Dis)information

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icials">http://www.cofchrist.org/news/GeneralInfo.asp#o
fficials

Community of Christ
General Denominational Information

This is what they say:

MISSION STATEMENT

We proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of
joy, hope, love, and peace.

This is what they also say:

In 2002 one of the reports given to the world
conference of the Community of Christ was H-8
Interfaith Relations Committee Report.

(Community of Christ 2002 World Conference Bulletin
pp. 75-78)

H-8 Interfaith Relations Committee Report

(H-8) "The most troublesome text for the Christian
community regarding other religious traditions is to
be found in Acts 4:12. This text makes exclusive
claims to salvation through Jesus Christ and him
alone. This text has tended to foster prejudice toward
not only Jews but all other religious claims as well
because of its exclusivity. This text is best
understood within the context of the sermon preached
by Peter in the company of John and others. It should
not be universalized and become a framework for either
missional or theological purposes."

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and.asp">http://www.cofchrist.org/peacecolloquy/2005/wi
ndland.asp

AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN MISSION IN A MULTIFAITH WORLD

"Christianity's monopoly on salvation is over."

"Non-Christian traditions must be recognized for what
they are � fully franchised systems of salvation with
practitioners as decent and devoted as any other, with
scholars as intelligent and gifted as any other, with
members as whole and holy as any other. Any model of
authentic Christian mission in a multifaith world must
acknowledge that"

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-directory">http://www.communityofchrist.ca/index.php/c
em/cem-directory

Encounter World Religions
J.W. Windland

Here is that verse that so offends J.W. Windland
and the rest of the members of the committee.

Speaking of Jesus Christ, Acts 4:12 says, "Neither is
there salvation in any other; for there is none other
name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved."

This is what they say about their history:

HISTORY

The church was legally organized on April 6, 1830, in
Fayette, New York. Following the assassination of
founder Joseph Smith Jr. in 1844, the church split
into multiple groups. Joseph Smith III succeeded his
father and was ordained prophet-president of this
denomination on April 6, 1860.

And then this is what they turn around and say in
order to gain admittance into the National Council of
Churches:

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rt-community-of-christ.pdf">http://www.ncccusa.org/witn
esses2010/ga-merc-report-community-of-christ.pdf

page 2

The Membership and Ecclesial Relations Committee
(MERC) of the General Assembly of the National Council
of the Churches of Christ in the USA and Church World
Service recommends to the 2010 General Assembly that
the membership application of the Community of Christ
(COC) be approved. This recommendation is based on a
careful review of written materials provided by the
COC,

page 3

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,
---------------

How can they have two distinctly different histories?
By their own logic Grant McMurray, who resigned
suddenly as president, was the founder of the
Community of Christ. That is when they changed their
name from Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints to Community of Christ. Maybe they should
get their history straight for their website.

Submitted by Lois

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