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The exclusive use of the King James Version is recorded in a statement made by the Tennessee Association of Baptists in 1817, stating "We believe that any person, either in a public or private capacity who would adhere to, or propagate any alteration of the New Testament contrary to that already translated by order of King James the 1st, that is now in common in use, ought not to be encouraged ...
The obscurity of the Holy Word of God is not a reason why laymen should excuse themselves from reading it. [n] The Lord's day ought to be hallowed by Christians by readings of piety, and, above all, of the Holy Scripture. [o] It is injurious to wish that a Christian draw back from that reading. [p]
Religious censorship is a form of censorship where freedom of expression is controlled or limited using religious authority or on the basis of the teachings of the religion.
Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person to some form of Christianity. Some Christian sects require full conversion for new members regardless of any history in other Christian sects, or from certain other sects. The exact requirements vary between different churches and denominations.
A number of large Christian groups, including the Catholic Church and several large Protestant churches, have publicly declared that they will no longer proselytize Jews. Other Modern Christian views, including some conservative Protestants , reject the idea of the New Testament as an extended covenant, and retain the classical Christian view ...
The United Methodist Church has been undergoing a major upheaval as more than 7,000 congregations across the country, one quarter of the total, decided whether to leave the denomination or remain ...
Ephphatha Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Deaf “celebrates Jesus by ministering the Word of the Lord through the language of sign,” according to its mission statement.
Still, some churches and at least one conference in Africa have sought to leave the denomination, even though no policy technically exists to allow non-U.S. churches to exit.