Institutionalism: A Virulent Cancer<\/a>. Links to support such institutions would not be correct. This doesn’t mean that while the method of supporting these institutions is incorrect, they could produce products that might be useful in teaching the gospel. Nothing is wrong as long as what is being referred to is correct. After all, Paul referred to Gentile writers and stated that they got a point correct even though Paul probably didn’t agree with everything they wrote.<\/p>\n\tResponse:<\/h2>\n
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Is anything wrong with this? This organization is run by members of the Lord's church. I do not think anything is wrong with this, but I do think it would be wrong if the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":46060,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-sponsoring-church-arrangement\/","url_meta":{"origin":69158,"position":1},"title":"The Sponsoring Church Arrangement (Longhenry)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 22, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Ethan R. Longhenry God wills for all people to be saved in Christ Jesus (I Timothy 2:4; II Peter 3:9); Christians must go out and proclaim the Word of the Gospel to their fellow human beings (Matthew 28:18-20; Romans 10:14-17). 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