When I was born in 1957 there already existed hundreds, maybe even thousands, of Christian denominations. Later, when I actually became a Christian in the 1970's, I came to grieve over this sad state of affairs.
Denominations are in many ways a relic of past generations, a dinosaur.
A group of Christians in a local church must choose either to be independent or to be connected to other churches in some way. There is no way around this basic choice. There are plusses and minuses to each approach. At Covenant Fellowship we have chosen to be formally connected to other believers and their churches in order that we might be accountable to someone, and in order that we might benefit from the wisdom of a larger body of believers. In addition, we desire to have the very best possible relationship of cooperation and mutual accountability with our fellow evangelical churches in Greensboro.