http://hushmoney.org/incorporate-facts.htm

Rome persecuted the Christians not for Who they worshipped. Rome had hundreds of deities, and they could care less who or what you worshipped, as long as you were “licit” (licensed). The church was persecuted not because they worshipped Jesus Christ, but because of the manner in which they functioned — an ecclesia. The church was declared to be “illicit,” and held in a state of “civil disobedience,” because of their refusal to incorporate. Why did the church refuse incorporation? Largely because they knew that it would destroy their testimony that Jesus Christ is “Lord” and “Sovereign.”

Under Roman civil law, “Caesar is sovereign over the corporation,” and “the corporation is a creature of the State.” The early church willingly suffered for its refusal to accept “State privileges and benefits.”

Did Bunyan incorporate? No.
Did Watson incorporate? No.
Did Whitefield incorporate? No.

On the other hand,
Did the RC church incorporate? Yes.
Did Macarthur incorporate? Yes.
Did Piper incorporate? Yes.
Did Lawson incorporate? Yes.

It’s just lipstick on the harlot….

“The name of this Corporation is Christ Fellowship Baptist Church. It is a Alabama nonprofit religious Corporation with its principal offices in Mobile, Alabama.”

Compare this to:
http://ecclesia.org/truth/501-church.html

1. “A corporation is a creature of the state. It is presumed to be incorporated for the benefit of the public. It receives certain special privileges and franchises and holds them subject to the laws of the state and the limitation of its charter. Its powers are limited by law. It can make no contract not authorized by its charter. Its rights to act as a corporation are only preserved to it so long as it obeys the laws of its creation. There is a reserved right in the legislature to investigate its contracts and ascertain if it has exceeded its powers” (Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43).

“Note: A corporation is created by, and derives its existence from, the State. In contrast, the church is created by, a creature of, derives its existence from, subject to, and obeys the Law of, Jesus Christ. “

With that I will close the thread…..

I have visited one on the other side of the country, but the 90+ year old pastor has since died. I also know of a couple house churches where there is sound fellowship. So yes there is the possibility, but as we get nearer to the coming of Christ (whatever that actual date may be), the possibility/probability is approaching zero.

If one has graduated from seminary (I prefer cemetary), it is near impossible for them to be a Christian. Yet these are the people who are charged with leading congregations. The universalist/unitarians overran the seminaries in the 1920′s. That unbelief has been fostered for a couple generations and voila, here we are.

One of the prominent signs of this is both of our countries being turned nearly entirely over to sodomy. This is a judgment of the Lord, meant to be stuffed in the face of all who profess to be Christian to humble us. It is not a rallying cry to go out and preach against sodomy, but a cry to preach against that which professes to be the church. Yet churches everywhere will band together to preach against sodomy when the FULL cause of the degradation of society to that point rests with that which professes to be the church. When the Lord turns entire countries (let alone the entire world) over to sodomy, you can well know that that which passes for the visible church is not His. The more famous and well received they are by the visible church (hence Macarthur, Lawson etc) the less likely they are to be Christ’s.

Answer:
They could be saved, but they are going to have a whole lot of trouble figuring out what is going on. Very little with regards to the endtimes will make sense to them. Conversely, there are those who have a reasonable understanding of what is happening yet still don’t know Christ. This is the time of deception, and the deception is only to grow….