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Through the Ages (continued)

The Baptist Church, at Dyersburg was in existence prior to the division in 1832. At
that time in America, there existed only one Baptist line. From the constitution of the
earliest Baptists on new shores until 1832, we all held fast to the same doctrines,
belief and practice with few and rare exceptions.

Editors Note:

We encourage anyone who reads about the history of the Church of Christ, to remem-

ber the following principle (As Elder Tindall did here) when establishing the histori-
cal identity of a body of baptized believers, in the Lord Jesus Christ:

“The Church of Christ is never identified by the titles or identities which may be
assigned by men, no matter how principled they seem to be; for the true Church of

Christ declares it's identity by her faithful adherence to the Word of God, in all that
she believes, teaches and practices.”

Only those who manifest such identity, are the Church of Christ, and the assemblies
of such into congregations for worship, are the visible Church of Christ on Earth; not

the buildings of brick and mortar, or organizations of church government; but a spiri-
tual kingdom whose government rests upon Christ alone, Who is her King, her Au-
thority, and the Object of the faith once delivered to her by Him in His Holy Word.

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