Now, these divisions deeply hurt my heart and cause me so much sadness. Please pray for me. Dear Debbie, The dilemma that you are enduring is one that many Christians face and have faced. We Christians are often our own worst enemies, as denominationalism can hurt and destroy faith. God, of course, works with Christians throughout the body of Christ the church, the body of Christ, is universal it is not a corporate entity, but rather an invisible entity.
Christians thrive in many denominations.
Unfortunately, all denominations and individual congregations often fail in nurturing and caring for the sheep of the Lord s pasture. Christians do become discouraged and disheartened when they see and experience a lack of vitality, legalism, hypocrisy, hyper-criticism and judgmentalism. There are millions of un-churched many of who have had a past formal relationship with a church, only to lose faith and stumble because of imperfect human beings that are part of the body of Christ. That s really the problem, in one sense. The church would be great if it weren t for the people.