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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
the self-proclaimed "non-denominational" title has always struck me as a bit of a conceit.
what you're really saying is that you're just a denomination of one.
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Here's the definition as per dictionary.com: "A large group of religious congregations united under a common faith and name and organized under a single administrative and legal hierarchy."
I am a member of a non-denominational church, i.e. the one you can read about in the Bible, not out of conceit but because (a) there is no scriptural authority for congregations to be united (b) there is no requirement that the name of a local congregation be the same as another, and most importantly (c) there is no authority for a single adminstrative and legal hierarchy of the Lord's church.
I'm not in a denomination because I can't read about denominations in the Bible. Call it conceit if you wish, but you'd be wrong.