THE EFFECTS OF DISUNITY IN THE CHURCH AND ITS REMEDIES

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1     1.1    Background of the study

The will of God for us is that we are united, that is why Jesus prayed in John 17 that his disciples would have unity. He prayed in verses 20-23, “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those alsowho believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father,are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believethat You sent Me. The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, thatthey may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may beperfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them,even as You have loved Me”.

There has been a lot of confusion on the issue of church unity, so we need to distinguish division from other distinctions or separations between Christians. Division is not Christians being in different groups or denominations.  Sometimes this is the result of division, but not necessarily.  And we should definitely not understand Christian unity as organizational.  According to the New Testament, Christian unity is spiritual and personal (Eph.4:2,3).[1]

  In other words, it is possible for Christians to be in different groups or denominations and still be unified...  Division is not Christians in the same group disagreeing and vigorously debating--even to the point of starting new groups.  This is called issues-oriented conflict, and it is inevitable and even desirable (within limits) in Christian ministry.  Christians who care about ministry will disagree over how to most effectively get the job done.  When this happens someone always calls it “division.”  But it is possible to disagree, debate, etc. without having a division.[3]

1.2       Statement of the Problem

The Church of Jesus is increasing in division instead of unity. This disunity mostly comes in form of cell division. Churches are splitting, church seminars against division are increasing as reconciliation consultants are also increasing in members, yet division abounds consequently,  denominations continue to grow in number due to social inequality as the causal mechanism. Theoretically, orthodoxy would confess that unity is possible through the giving of Christ’s glory... 

1.3       Purpose of the study

    The purpose of this study is to examine the factors responsible for disunity among believers. in the church.

• To know the biblical and theological warning against  divisions of fellowship within the Body of Christ.
• To know what effects had division caused the church not to grow in recent time.
• To know whether the Church is actually in alignment with Scripture, and how that should affect the behavior of Christians today in their role of glorifying God.
• To profer solutions and a way forward for unity of believers.

1.4   Research Questions

1.      Are believers in divine overcomer’s church have a biblical and theological knowledge of the warning contained in scripture about disunity?

2.      Are there possible effects of disunity among divine overcomers’ members in Ekpoma?

3.      Are members of divine overcomer’s church living in allign with biblical truth concerning disunity?

4.      What possible solution can one derived from this study in order to influence unity in divine overcomers’ church , Ekpoma?

1.5   Significance of the Study

This study will contribute to the body of knowledge of Christian’s obedience in lightof Scripture in that it seeks to identify and then justify that paradigm of acceptable schisms or, permissible divisions.

Secondly, it will save as a teaching material to today’s church. Thirdly, it will bring about help to church growth. The researcher aimed at identifying the implications of clearer understanding so that believers who are participating in any acts of division may understand the error or validity of their actions. Division in churches must be clearly defined if it is permitted in the scripture.

1.6       Limitation of the study

Insufficient finance tends to impede the efficiency of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or information and in the process of data collection.

The researcher will simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This consequently will cut down on the time devoted for the research work. Other constrain are time factors, hoarding of information from researchers.

1.7   Delimitations of the Study

This study centers on The Effects Of Disunity in the Church And Its Remedies: A Case Study Of Divine Overcomers Church, Ekpoma, Edo State.T

1.8   Definition of terms

effect: A change which is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.

Disunity:  disagreement between two or more groups, typically producing tension or hostility

Church: a building used for public Christian worship.

CHAPTER  TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter review literature that are related to the research study...........

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter captures the methodology and procedure applied to gather relevant information for this research study. It comprises of research design, population and sampling, research instrument, validity  of the Instrument, administration of instrument and method of data collection and analysis......

CHAPTER FOUR

PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

The focus of this chapter is to present the findings obtained from the data collected and to discuss the analysis made out of the research questions.......

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES

This chapter consists of summary, conclusion, recommendations and suggestions for further studies which is as follows:.…...

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