When God foretold of His coming church through the prophets (Isa. 2:2-4; Dan. 2:44; etc.), which denomination did He say it would be? Read through the Old Testament —which denomination does He mention?
When Jesus promised to build His church (Matt. 16:18), which denomination did He say it would be? Read through the gospel accounts—which denomination does He mention?
When the Holy Spirit came with power in the establishment of the church in Acts 2, which denomination was it? Read through that chapter—which denomination was started that day?
When the apostles and early Christians went about preaching the gospel and churches were established in the book of Acts, of which denomination were these congregations? Read through Acts—which denomination is mentioned in that book?
When Paul (and Jesus in Revelation 2-3) wrote letters to churches throughout the first-century Roman Empire, to which denomination was he writing? Read the epistles of the New Testament—which denominations are mentioned?
Isn’t that amazing! One can read the Bible from cover to cover and never read (with approval) of one single denomination (let alone dozens, or hundreds, or thousands)! As the only authoritative source of divine truth, the Bible uniformly speaks of “the church” (singularly) as the culmination of the eternal purpose of God (Eph. 4:4; 1:22-23; 2:14-22; 3:10-11).
In fact, whenever Scripture does speak of denominationalism, it is always with strong disapproval. “Some will depart from the faith” (1 Tim. 4:1-3). “They will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires…they will heap up for themselves teachers, and they will turn their ears away from the truth” (2 Tim. 4:3-4). “…Men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves” (Acts 20:28-30). “And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed” (2 Pet. 2:1-2).
The church established in the New Testament was undenominational! The church did not owe its origin, its doctrine, its organization or any of its practices to any man or group of men! There were no creed books, church manuals or Statements of Faith! There was the Bible! And every time it was planted, an undenominational church of Christ sprung up! And every one of them was to teach and practice the very same thing (1 Cor. 1:10; 4:17; 7:17; 14:33; 16:1; 1 Pet. 4:11)! So simple! So beautiful! So divine!
The church of Christ today is undenominational! It has no ties to any human organization, headquarters or creed! It speaks only where the Bible speaks! It seeks to restore the New Testament church in its purity! Does your church?