I see no need for that. But we will have to decide that there is something that matters more than those things and we will have to quit being idolaters who give those things such priority that we divide over and refuse to recognize one another as brothers and sisters in the Lord. And it really is idolatry to elevate any issue higher than Christ and to consider that worth dividing over if, in fact, you share Jesus. Toreador's Fourth Response Doctor Shelly, your report leaves me bumfuzzled. You have had 24 monthly meetings and 4 retreats and are still as separate as you were in the beginning.
Baptism is distinctive.
The church is exclusive-distinctive. Worship in spirit and truth is distinctive. The name of the church is distinctive. Even pure living is distinctive. You say the biblical message is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one body, and one hope.