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With respect to I John, I would read it within it's specific literary context. By that, I mean, John's major concerns are avoiding Christological heresies and loving one another. I read chapter one as introductory, and he describes his principle argument in Ch. 2:9 He that saith he is in the...

By Open, did you mean open to all people (even non-believers) or simply all believers? (Or what some people call "Close" communion?) Sometimes, I think people are speaking past each other on that one.

Glad you mentioned the "Elder Rule" doctrine. While I don't consider it to always be inherently problematic; In my experience, whenever someone or a particular group introduces this into a formerly pastorally-led congregation something suspicious is going on. ....And 90% of the time, once that...

No. But, frankly, if I waited to find a church that agreed with practically everything I believe I'll never find a Church. I happen to have recently moved and will begin a search soon. Some Churches believe in certain (non-critical) issues I don't really believe in. I just don't really bring...

I agree with this.

I don't think I could hold to this standard. This would eliminate too many churches (for me). And, frankly it would qualify churches which have pathetically uninformative statements of faith (which seems rather suspicious or just lazy). Some doctrines are not critically important, and I hold...

No, it is not a heresy. Denying Divine Omniscience would be heresy. They do not. They believe that creaturely free decisions are not knowable by definition. If it were knowable (in their view) it would not be a creaturely free choice. So, they maintain that God knows all knowable things...

I don't have much to say, but, people often dislike it for no particular reason I can comprehend if you don't introduce yourself. So, consider this that then. There's no need to either read, or respond to this as far as I am concerned.