One of the most controversial meta-beliefs in Christianity is that a denomination’s culture is canon, and even worse is that the culture should be true for all Christians and most deadly is that you can’t challenge or question the senior leadership.
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For the second time in my short millennial life I’m leaving my denomination. My statement is in the present progressive tense because it surely is a process. I’m technically on Sabbatical because I have a leadership role. But unlike my Sabbatical almost exactly a year ago I won’t be returning. The most painful thing about the change is that I will loose relationships as a result. That fact alone is most telling to the core reasons why I’m in search of a new local church.
I’ve wrestled with a few things in my church. Things that are simply church culture and things that are supposed to be based on canon(scripture). I believe that one has to conform to their church culture as long as it does not contradict to the canon. Culture includes order of service, style of worship, types of offerings, church government, etc. The categories of culture and canon are still “beliefs”. Then there are “meta-beliefs”. Which are your beliefs about your beliefs. One of the most controversial meta-beliefs in Christianity is that a denomination’s culture is canon, and even worse is that the culture should be true for all Christians and most deadly is that you can’t challenge or question the senior leadership. This meta-belief in the framework of extreme continuationism is why I’m leaving.
-Zan
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