THE CHALLENGE OF CHRISTIAN UNITY AND LEADERSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY
THE CHALLENGE OF CHRISTIAN UNITY IN THE 21 ST CENTURY by Venerable Dr Ifechukwu U. Ibeme There are many challenges facing the 21 st century Christian and the church. The most daunting of these challenges is that of unity. One area of disunity facing the Church today concerns the consensus of Christians on the place of the believer in the pluralist society. It is tragic that God has us sent into the world but we are not clear or agreed on what the mandate of this Divine Mission TO THE WORLD and IN THE WORLD entails. 1. THE FIRST AREA OF DISUNITY IN THE 21 ST CENTURY CHURCH IS THE DISUNITY OF DENOMINATIONS A Christian Church Denomination is a Church or group of Churches that has separate administrative or doctrinal or liturgical communion from other Churches. Denomination have mostly resulted from disagreement, disunity and division but have also resulted from unification of Churches. Denominations are partial witnesses due to selective preferences sometimes not
