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The Great Ejection created an abiding public consciousness of nonconformity. Thereafter, a Nonconformist was any English subject belonging to a non-Anglican church or a non-Christian religion. More broadly, any person who advocated religious liberty was typically called out as Nonconformist. [7]
Nonconformity to the world, also called separation from the world, is a Christian doctrine based on Romans 12:2, [1] [2] 2 Corinthians 6:17 [3] and other verses of the New Testament that became important among different Protestant groups, especially among Wesleyans and Anabaptists.
Insubordination, the act of willfully disobeying an order of one's superior; Dissent, a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or entity
Best selling author Marianne Williamson served as minister of Renaissance Unity Interfaith Spiritual Fellowship for five years and caused controversy within the church when in 2002 she sought to dissolve the church's formal affiliation with Association of Unity Churches. Williamson resigned as a result of the controversy.
The Nonconformist conscience was the moralistic influence of the Nonconformist churches in British politics in the 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] Nonconformists, who were dissenters from the Church of England, believed in the autonomy of their churches and fought for religious freedom, social justice, and strong moral values in public life.
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy is a written statement of belief formulated by more than 200 evangelical leaders at a conference convened by the International Council on Biblical Inerrancy [1] and held in Chicago in October 1978.
These congregations generally accept the description "non-institutional", although they do not officially identify as such on signs, letterhead, or other official documents; some consider pejorative the epithet "anti" with which they have been called by some in the usually larger mainstream Churches of Christ since the 1950s and 1960s, and likewise the similar term, "non-cooperative". [5]
"Church of Christ" is the most common name used by this group. In keeping with their focus of not being a denomination, using Ephesians 1:22–23 as reference to the church being the body of Christ and a body cannot be divided, congregations have identified themselves primarily as community churches and secondarily as Churches of Christ.