WM: "It's nice to see the number climbing. The last time I saw this thrown out it was 20,000. :-0"
Yes, indeed. And if it wouldn't be too much to ask of my fellow Baptists/Protestants, I'd like to request that each of you extend your your left hand during the welcome time this coming Sunday. Depending on how tall you are, this could well be worth 2 or 3 new denominations. The reason I ask is that I'm part of a new Christian outreach program, and as soon as we reach 35,000 denominations I win a fresh set of tires for the Explorer! :)
I am glad you have your wordly priorities straight, FK. However, our Lord Jesus Christ did not teach that we should be 33,000 denominations, but one. So, while the Prots and Baptists may rejoice in their never-ending splintering and man-made churches, in their endless protests against anyone's "magistrerium" by their own, it is not fulfilling the wish of our Lord and God.