Originally posted by laoda99:
Accidentally come across the "Abt us" of Evangelical Free
church...quite interesting....
http://www.wefc.org.sg/www/about/efcs.html
Quite forceful and convincing in my opinion....anyone from this
church?
e.g...
The Evangelical Free Church is [b]inclusive not
exclusive. The great heritage of Free Church
people in he United States, Canada, and around the world is this -
fellowship and membership in the local church is based solely on
personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and trusting Him
alone for salvation. It is this truth that makes us a
member of the body of Christ, and it is this truth that makes
eligible for membership in the local church. A person is not
excluded because he is not confirmed, because he is not baptised,
or because he does not see eye to eye on every fine point of the
doctrine. Within the Free Church there is allowance for legitimate
difference of understanding in some areas of doctrine. However,
there must be agreement and commitment in all essentials of
faith.
Chrysostom, an early church father, put it well when he said," In
essentials, unity. In non-essentials, charity. In all things, Jesus
Christ." Within the Evangelical Free Church there can be close
Christian Fellowship even though there may be differences of
opinion in some minor areas of doctrine. We are inclusive,
not exclusive. We include any member of the body of Christ who
desires to live in obedience to the Lordship of Christ, and who is
in agreement in all the essential elements of the faith. We do not
exclude any from our fellowship because of minor differences of
belief.
The Evangelical Free Church is evangelical but not separatistic.
Some of our evangelical brethren in other denominations come out of
a background of separatism from liberalism that permeated the
denominations of which they were a part. The years of tension and
strife within that denomination left marks on many of these
evangelical friends in which they developed a fighting mood, a
separatistic attitude, and a suspicion toward all that were not of
their own belief.
The Evangelical Free Church is not a part of that tradition. It was
born out of a different heritage. Evangelical Free Church people
have their convictions. We state them positively, we affirm our
faith, we are Biblical in our persuasion, but we are not
ready to draw lines over minor points. We do not make minor issues
of doctrine a test of fellowship in the local Church. We are not
fighting fundamentalists. We are fundamental, we are evangelical,
we believe in separated living, we promote personal holiness, but
we are not separatistic in our mind set though we are committed to
the authority and inerrancy of Scripture.[/b]
got free access to their huge library. 
