Seeking the Unity of the Church (1)

I believe one church of Jesus Christ. This confession implies a calling to seek the unity of this church -- a divine obligation on every believer and every church. Belief in the one church is the heartfelt confession of every believer. In the first centuries after Pentecost the ancient church delineated this cardinal truth and required that every believer affirm it before becoming a member of the Christian church. Week after week, in various countries and cultures, in perhaps hundreds of...