Section 9
we shall denominate ourselves as a "three-times- baptizing church." Others insist on speaking in tongues. Undoubtedly, the Bible includes tongue- speaking, but we cannot make the church a tongue-speaking church. The church must be gen eral. Many dear saints have attempted to make the church in the Lord's recovery into a partic ular kind of church according to their doctrinal concept, but we simply cannot agree with that.
The history of Christianity is a history of division and confusion. Much of this division has been caused by divergent doctrinal concepts. We have learned this lesson after a thorough study of church history, and we do not want to repeat the tragedy of the history of Christianity. There fore, we will never argue about head covering or baptism or holy days or about the wine used at the Lord's table. We will never dispute about tri fling matters such as the bread and the cup used at the Lord's table, the kind of water used in bap tism, and the way of baptizing people. The Lord's recovery is not concerned with that. The Lord's re covery is for Christ as life and for the church as the expression of Christ in unity in each locality. We must be careful not to receive people accord ing to doctrinal concepts, but according to God's receiving.