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==External links== |
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*[http://www.thebereans.net The Phillipine apologetic ministry] |
*[http://www.thebereans.net The Phillipine apologetic ministry] |
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Not much is known of this group. Personal enquiries did not return a reply. Internet search did not produce anything worthwhile to print. Even the registrant of the domain will not vouch for it's contents nor the writers of the contents. |
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As with all others so-called cult-awareness groups, the bereans do not stand by their supposed exposé. They don't provide a usable way of contacting them. Questions to them concerning their claims remain unanswered, one of which was their claim that Mr Felix Manalo 'founded' the Iglesia ni Cristo. Members of the Iglesia whom I talked to maintain that Mr Manalo, or his successors, never claim to have founded the church, but rather registered it with the Philippine government. |
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Based on the statement of faith published on the bereans website, one can easily see that this cult's faith is based on Catholic church doctrines, one of which is the doctrine that Jesus Christ is both God and man. |
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The bereans further state that they believe in the bible. Yet, one of their beliefs run contrary to teachings found in the bible, such as the one mentioned above. |
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Revision as of 14:42, 24 May 2005
Bereans were the inhabitants of the ancient city of Berea, also known in the Bible as Beroea and now known as Veria. According to the Book of Acts, Chapter 17 verse 11, Paul of Tarsus and Silas preached at Berea, and the inhabitants "eagerly examined the scriptures every day to see whether these things were so", and many of them believed.
The Bereans is also a Christian apologetics ministry in the Philippines. Their stated mission is "To help and equip the individual Christians, lay leaders and members alike, on being grounded in the essentials of the Scripture and assisting them on contending "earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 3) against those who oppose and pervert sound biblical teachings".
External links
Not much is known of this group. Personal enquiries did not return a reply. Internet search did not produce anything worthwhile to print. Even the registrant of the domain will not vouch for it's contents nor the writers of the contents.
As with all others so-called cult-awareness groups, the bereans do not stand by their supposed exposé. They don't provide a usable way of contacting them. Questions to them concerning their claims remain unanswered, one of which was their claim that Mr Felix Manalo 'founded' the Iglesia ni Cristo. Members of the Iglesia whom I talked to maintain that Mr Manalo, or his successors, never claim to have founded the church, but rather registered it with the Philippine government.
Based on the statement of faith published on the bereans website, one can easily see that this cult's faith is based on Catholic church doctrines, one of which is the doctrine that Jesus Christ is both God and man.
The bereans further state that they believe in the bible. Yet, one of their beliefs run contrary to teachings found in the bible, such as the one mentioned above.