{"id":20053,"date":"2009-08-30T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=20053"},"modified":"2020-02-19T20:55:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T02:55:22","slug":"are-you-mormon-what-are-your-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-you-mormon-what-are-your-beliefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you Mormon? What are your beliefs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I happened to stumble upon your church when I googled &#8220;the most accurate version of the Bible.&#8221; I have been currently attended a Baptist church, which solely uses the King James Version. I am really in search of the truth on my Christian journey. I am not one who believes in denomination over the true content of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Please do not take offense when I ask this question, but due to the name, are you in any way associated with the Morman faith? I am really trying to understand what your beliefs are.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>The churches of Christ model their name after the first century Christians, just as they model their beliefs solely on the teachings of the Bible. &#8220;<em>Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ greet you<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 16:16). So, no we are not Mormons who use a different book, the Book of Mormons, as the standard of their faith. We have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/tag\/mormons\/\">numerous articles on problems with the Mormon beliefs<\/a>&nbsp;which I invite you to read.<\/p>\n<p>While the King James Version is a fine translation, it is not the best nor the most accurate translation. See &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-dont-you-use-the-king-james-version\/\">Why don&#8217;t you use the King James Version?<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Probably a good summary regarding the churches of Christ can be found in the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-makes-the-church-of-christ-different\/\">What Makes the Church of Christ Different?<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I happened to stumble upon your church when I googled &#8220;the most accurate version of the Bible.&#8221; I have been currently attended a Baptist church, which solely uses the King James Version. I am really in search of the truth on my Christian journey. I am not one who believes in denomination over the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[127,448,687],"class_list":["post-20053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-church","tag-mormons"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15972,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-mormons-use-the-bible-too\/","url_meta":{"origin":20053,"position":0},"title":"The Mormons use the Bible too","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I just read an article by Dudley Ross Spears on\u00a0The Mormon Plan of Salvation.\u00a0 There are actually scriptures in the Bible that support their ideas.\u00a0 The Mormon church uses the Bible and Book of Mormon together and both help to clarify and interpret each other.\u00a0 Two witnesses are better\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2327,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-do-the-churches-of-christ-insist-that-their-name-is-scriptural\/","url_meta":{"origin":20053,"position":1},"title":"Why do the churches of Christ insist that their name is scriptural?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Why does the \"Church of Christ\" insist that their name is scriptural when it cannot be found anywhere in the Bible? 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