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Meeting Place Finder

Meeting Place Finder (in development)

The purpose of the Meeting Place Finder is so members of the body of Christ can find meeting places with correct teaching and adhere to Scriptural locality.
"And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to the threshold of the house: and he called to the man clothed in linen [man-child overcomers, Rev. 7.9, 12.5, 19.14], who had the writer's inkhorn by his side. And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof...and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity...but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary [begin in the midst of Christendom itself]...And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me" (Ez. 9.3-6,11).
You may identify the Biblical locality as "Church in [city or remote locale] in the churches of [province or state or country]" depending on the size of the region. Acceptable designations for a Biblical locality: "of", "in", "at", "church which [is] in" (Acts 11.22), "which is at" (2 Cor. 1 .1), "of the" (1 Thess. 1.1), "which are in" (Col. 4.15). Appropriate identification for a region: "churches rest throughout all" (Acts 9.31), "of", "which are in" (Rev. 1.4).

Permission Groups

Permission Groups - Apostles and Two Kinds of Elders

Indicate whether you are an Apostle or an Elder. "Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and doctrine" (1 Tim. 5.17). This is referring to Elders of a meeting place who are also Elders of a locality. The three main workers for the Church to select from are found Permission Groups:

Directly commissioned by God      Appointed by an Apostle      To be approved by an Elder of a locality
If you are an Elder of a locality, indicate the Apostle who appointed you when you submit your Join Request to this Permission Group.

Apostles (directly commissioned by God and not by gifts) are not normally Elders because they are on the road traveling, but sometimes they do not travel so much. In those cases they may also be an Elders of a locality, an Elder of a meeting place, or both (that is, all three types of workers).

The office of an Elder (either type) is not by gifting either. An Elder of a locality is appointed specifically by an Apostle. Likewise, an Elder of a meeting place is approved by the Elder of his or her locality. Elder is a relative term: they are most suitable to take care of a meeting place relative to others.

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