The Nature of the Church Russell Mercer This does not mean that

This does not mean that such an attempt is not worth trying

Hundreds of people have told me personally

Widely read and discussed

It only seemed natural then that these two events would be combined in my mind to see the need of putting all of these articles together into one source for the purpose of helping persons in the church of God to know how we have historically viewed the issue of speaking in tongues

as spoken by himself and his disciples—the facts will dawn upon the mind more vividly and make more lasting impressions—impressions which time will not erase

The Nature of the Church Russell Mercer This does not mean thatThere are certain essential features of the church which must remain unchanged but in the natural course of progress there would have been developments beyond the simplicity that existed in the church in the very beginning. There was a certain amount of development in the church during the lives of the apostles and it seems clear that further development would be needed after their passing if the Christian movement was not to disintegrate. Some