The Believers Church

“The Believers Church: A “Natural Resource” Worth Conserving by Jason G. Duesing is an article about the need to preserve and protect the doctrine of the church. President Theodore Roosevelt’s words, not only addressed “Conservation as a National Day”, but he was able to foresee the industry expanding and the population growing as a vital threat to natural resources. Duesing states that climate of ecclesiological relativism is on the rise as “believers engaged in old wasteful methods with regards to natural resources of the doctrine of the church”. Roosevelt showed no interest in the existence of the growing nation, but he was concerned regarding the indifference of the present population. Although indifference abounds as it relates to biblical doctrines, the doctrine of believers is more overlooked than deliberated. Roosevelt’s situation of indifference calls for a common effort and
common action that will generate a need for a conservative movement. The Gospel is regarded as “the culmination of biblical essentials while it simultaneously disregards the biblically-designed vehicle for protecting and carrying the Gospel to the next generation—the believers’ church”. The present evangelical environment is most likely to self-destruct due to a lapse in the doctorial belief and increase in internal arguments. Some individuals have made the decision to operate independently sharing the gospel. Many believers came into the knowledge of Christ through evangelism rallies or outreach within their local communities. The New Testament pattern shows evidence of other ministry successes which is contributed to the spiritual growth of the believers. Ecclesiology relativism discovery is an undefined doctoral resource for the Bible believer’s to use as a vehicle to spread the gospel to the next forthcoming generations. The Anabaptist of the sixteenth century was considered to be the first ecclesiological conservationist. In 1525, the first Anabaptist pursued their biblical convictions for baptism being the functioning entity for church membership. “The Anabaptists lived in an ecclesiological environment that did not tolerate those who advocated and advanced biblically-driven ecclesiological absolutes”. The Anabaptist who made the decision to defend ecclesiological distinctive would ultimately pay the price for advocating their biblical beliefs. “The Anabaptists were the pioneers of in an age not of ecclesiological indifference but of ecclesiological intolerance. The Believers’ Church is known as the vehicle for essentials. The vehicle for essentials of the twenty-first century placed various operating doctrines under the same doctrinal classifications.
Duesing stated that “in modern America where differences over the doctrine of the church do not merit the sentence of capital punishment, such issues are not as essential as to how one answers the contemporary evangelical question, “If you died tonight, how certain would you be that you would be in Heaven?” Since the Anabaptist cultural environment appeared to be more complicated, this lead to the reason that gospel essentials was preserved because of ecclesiological distinctives. The Anabaptist sought to accomplish biblical truth by establishing a believer’s church. The believer’s church saw advancement in membership growth due to their agreeance in baptism and doctoral belief. The Anabaptist were simply believers who were “standing under the conviction of what they perceived to be the biblical means for protecting Gospel essentials: the preservation and right articulation of the Gospel can only be accomplished through the preservation and right articulation of the
church”. Believers were called to view Ecclesiological Conservation as a Christian Duty. In 1909, President Roosevelt initiated a mandate for the nation to awaken from careless indifferences towards the misuse of natural resources. Anabaptist history reveals, conserving certain distinctives which was a great importance for the believers’ church and salvation for the next generation. “For the sake of preserving what is essential for salvation for the next generation, a new call is needed to awaken evangelicals from a state of indifference toward ecclesiology and the believers’ church.” The strengths of the article is contributed to the existence of a growing nation as it related to biblical doctrines. Anabaptist believed in taking a stance on ecclesiological conservationism and relativism. Unfortunately, the Anabaptist that made a decision to defend ecclesiological distinctive had to pay a price for what they believed to be biblical truth. The weakness within the article showed a comparison of the lack of natural resource to biblical indifferences. It was clear that Roosevelt had a greater concern for the growing population and how it would soon become a vital problem in the future. The overall effectiveness of the article can be contributed to the overall perspectives on natural resources and belief indifferences. Americans should be awaken to understand the reckless indifference toward the misuse natural resources and indifferences toward ecclesiology and the believers’ church. “Just like Roosevelt’s address that called on the Governors and the nation to see “Conservation as a National Duty,” a new address is needed today to call on believers to see “Eschatological Conservation as a Christian Duty.”
Bibliography

Duesing, Jason G. The Believers’ Church: A “Natural Resource” Worth Conserving. Fort Worth: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, March 2006.