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01-26-2009, 12:22 PM
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
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An altar can be anywhere - it doesn't have to be in a church.
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True, I got the Holy Ghost on knees over my bed at home.
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01-26-2009, 12:24 PM
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
People get too bogged down in issues like this.
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01-26-2009, 12:33 PM
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
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Originally Posted by MomOfADramaQn
People get too bogged down in issues like this.
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I agree. The alter is where ever you make it. Many churches are so large now that it would be impossible to make an alter long enough for everyone to pray at.
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01-26-2009, 12:35 PM
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Standing fast in liberty!
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
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Originally Posted by Sept5SavedTeen
I always mention when someone brings up the term "altar" either the OT animal sacrifices or Catholicism. They'll say something about the altar, and I'll say, "Well I don't see any blood here, on this one, so it looks like it hasn't been in use lately." Or I'll say, "Where's the tabernacle, host, the bells, the incense and candles, so we have a proper alter?" I don't see a mention of an "altar" in the NT meetinghouses, but I doubt it's a bad thing to go up front to pray or whatever, I don't like the pressure to go up front, though... as if the ground closer to the preacher/pulpit is holier...
-Bro. Alex
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Amen!!!
Good to see you back, Bro. Alex.
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01-26-2009, 02:41 PM
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
 Our new church plans does `have a fairly sized altar. But, the coolest part is the coffee shop in the foyer.
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01-26-2009, 06:08 PM
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
The repentant altar in a church is a relatively new thing and a result of 'new' methods adopted by revivalists of the 19th century. There is no mandate in the Bible for an altar in a building just as there is no mandate for a building either. These are all cultural practices invented by the church over time, like so much of what we do in church.
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01-26-2009, 06:20 PM
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
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Our new church plans does `have a fairly sized altar. But, the coolest part is the coffee shop in the foyer. |
We also have the coolest pastor EVER!
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01-26-2009, 08:11 PM
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
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Originally Posted by Innocuous
The repentant altar in a church is a relatively new thing and a result of 'new' methods adopted by revivalists of the 19th century. There is no mandate in the Bible for an altar in a building just as there is no mandate for a building either. These are all cultural practices invented by the church over time, like so much of what we do in church.
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Yes, I was reading an article, a while back, written by some Reformed people, and they mentioned the "altar" being a new invention, of modern evangelicalism.
-Bro. Alex
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07-11-2009, 04:49 PM
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The Young Torchbearer
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
I go to the First Pentecostal Church of NLR and we have an altar.
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07-12-2009, 08:44 AM
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Re: No alters in new churches, but larger stages!
Maybe it's because more people come to church to be entertained than come to pray.
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