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"Many evangelical parishes, which include most of the largest and wealthiest in the country, were planning to withhold a significant proportion of the quotas they pay to central funds if Canon John had been consecrated."

I am impressed with the British (Brit=Covenant, ish=man)
Church for pressing the issue.

When Mary, at the tomb, was instructed to "go tell" others the good news (gospel) about the resurrection, the post resurrection pattern was initiated. It seems not to have differed from the Mathew 10:5, 6, & 7 instruction which grew out of the purpose for which Jesus claimed he came "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Mt. 15:24). The lost of the house of Israel were the 10 missing tribes which comprised the House of Israel, descendants of Joseph and of 8 of the other half brothers of Joseph.

I find no place that instructs the Church to do otherwise in any era except that at later dates the restriction against going to the gentiles(nations) (Mt. 10:5) was lifted and the instruction Mt. 10:6 to " go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel" was thereby broadened.

If a major purpose of the Church does not include bearing the evangel (good news) to the still "lost sheep" and to the nations (gentiles), it is difficult to imagine for what the Church is needed.

A thought on Church Organization.

The denominational world presents a complexity in church organization. Generally, the local churches are but units in a super-organization. In some denominations, the local church cannot even select its own preacher. It has to be subservient to the "conference," "bishop" or "superintendent." When one studies those "things that are written," he soon learns that there is no Bible authority for such organizations. In Christ's church every congregation is independent of all others, subject only to the authority of Christ.

Every church of Christ is a self-governing body, free to carry on its own affairs and work under Christ and the apostles. This power of self-government is carried out through elders (who are also called "bishops" and "pastors") in every church. Note that it is not a plurality of churches under one bishop, but rather, a plurality of bishops in every church! The only organization the New Testament authorizes through which to do church work is the local congregation, under its elders, and with deacons as special helpers (Phil. 1:1).

The scope of the elders' authority is clearly indicated in I Pet. 5:2, "Tend the flock of God which is among you. exercising the oversight." The oversight of the elders begins and ends with the local congregation:" the flock ... which is among you." In no way and under no circumstances may their authority extend beyond the confines of the local church. This divine limitation upon the elders' power forever separates the churches and prohibits, any effort to tie them together under some super-organization with its accompanying influences and evils. It must be remembered that it was the violation of this principle which led to the great apostasy and the formation of the Roman hierarchy. (Acts 20:29, 30; 2 Thess. 2:3-12). To ignore this truth is to substitute human wisdom for the "things which are written."

Perhaps if all churches were organized in this manner many of these controversies would cease to exsist.

"The lost of the house of Israel were the 10 missing tribes which comprised the House of Israel, descendants of Joseph and of 8 of the other half brothers of Joseph. "

There are no 10 "lost tribes" of Israel.

...at least not in the sense usually meant. The 10 Northern Tribes went into the Assyrian exile in the 700's BC, where they lived until modern times. In the 1950's, hundreds of thousands of Jews, descended from these tribes and mixed with the other tribes, fled to Israel amid the Arab anti-Israel hysteria that exploded in 1948.

They are "lost" only in the sense that due to breaks in recorded geneologies, they are not able to trace their line back to any specific tribe. The only Jews who can trace their line back are some of the tribe of Levi (the priestly tribe). Jews named "Cohen, Levi, Levy, Levinthal, Gershin, Gershwin, Gerson," etc. are of the priestly tribe. By this reckoning, the tribes of Judah and Benjamin are also "lost" as it is not possible for any Jew today to trace a patrilonial or matrilineal back to these tribes either. The geneologies have been lost.