Prof. Donald A. Nash
STANDARD PUBLISHING
Cincinnati, OH 45231
The Position of Christian Churches
OUR PROGRAM
Here is the way this plan works.
We wear no name but the one in the
Bible for the followers of Christ-Christian
Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch..We accept no creed but belief in Christ
Matt. 16:16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”.We adopt no rule of faith and practice but the Bible
II Tim. 3:16-17 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work..We practice only the ordinances commanded by Christ. One of these is the Christian baptism which is universally recognized by all followers of Christ, the immersion of the penitent believer.
The other is the weekly observance of the Lord's Supper as a simple memorial of our Lord's death for our salvation
I Corinthians 11:23-30 23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep..
This is a platform all followers of Christ can accept for it is as broad as the New Testament and as narrow as the "faith once and for all delivered to the saints."
This program to restore the church of the New Testament was begun some 150 years ago by different men in various areas whose mottoes are still true.
"Where the scriptures speak, we speak; where the scriptures are silent, we are silent." In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; in all things, love."
Prof. Donald A. Nash
STANDARD PUBLISHING
Cincinnati, OH 45231