Filed under: events, worship | Tags: communion, First Christian Church, Great Communion, Restoration Movement, Thomas Campbell
It is a good thing when people come together to worship. But why did we do it? Recently, on Sunday night, October 4, Glenwood Church of Christ and First Christian Church of Tyler came together to worship on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Campbell’s, “Declaration and Address.” In it, Campbell encouraged all churches to drop the traditions of men in exchange for simple and biblical Christianity.
All over the country people came together for these worship services called “The Great Communion.” We did it because both of our churches have roots in the Restoration call, and both of our churches sometimes forget that church is simply about loving God and one another, a place where people are called to treat others in Christlike ways. But more importantly, we came together to worship. Plain and simple. We came together to worship. We can reflect a great deal about how wonderful it was to get our churches together. And it was good. But at the end of the day, our goal was to come together to give God the glory for our lives and for the gift of His Son to us.
Jeff Christian
