Tag: Acts 15:1-2

Were the Apostles a “Governing Body”?

The February, 2017 online the Watchtower article, “Who Is Leading God’s People Today?” teaches that after Jesus ascended to heaven the apostles constituted “a visible body under an invisible Leader.”

It states: “As a governing body, they gave direction to all the congregations. – Acts 15:2.”

Challenge the Watchtower’s interpretation of what happened in Acts 15. Continue reading

Were the Apostles a “Governing Body”?

Apostles=governing body?In the February, 2017 issue, the Watchtower article, “Who Is Leading God’s People Today?” teaches that after Jesus ascended to heaven the apostles constituted “a visible body under an invisible Leader.”

It states: “As a governing body, they gave direction to all the congregations. – Acts 15:2.”

But was the early church structured as a top down organization headed by a governing body, as the Watchtower is? Continue reading

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