Things Christians disagree on

 

Examples of things which Christians do not agree

 

Some common things on which Christians have and often still continue to not agree on include:

 

1.      Games of chance and risk (even playing cards), though gambling is not involved

2.      Voting

3.      Joining a “work union” or “trade guild”

4.      The death penalty

5.      If a Christian can serve in the military, be a police officer, or serve as an elected official

6.      Whether or not it is right for Christians to watch movies

7.      Letting a Boy Scout or Girl Scout troop use the building owned by a congregation

8.      Whether it is right to celebrate holidays like Christmas and Easter

9.      Is it a sin to not attend all the services?

10.  Which Bible translations are acceptable

11.  Whether it is right to work on Sunday at a paid job or even around the house

12.  Whether it is right to have the Lord’s Supper on Sunday night

13.  Whether it is right for all Christians to have the Lord’s Supper Sunday morning and evening

14.  Whether it is right for the bread to be left “unbroken” during the Lord’s Supper

15.  When the Lord’s Supper should be observed during a Sunday service

16.  Whether it is right for the communion bread to be “store bought”

17.  Whether it is right for the Lord’s Supper to be fermented

18.  Whether it is right it is right to have a “located preacher”

19.  Whether it is right to support orphan’s homes and Christian colleges

20.  Whether it is right for congregations to cooperate with one another

21.  Whether it is right to pay elders

22.  Whether it is right to eat in the place where the church meets

23.  Whether it is right is help non-Christians from the church treasury

24.  Whether it is right to have a Bible class

25.  Whether it is right to have a staffed nursery during worship

26.  Whether it is right to have “children’s church”

27.  Whether it is right for congregations to ever work together

28.  Whether it is right to use Bible class literature in addition to the Bible

29.  Whether it is right to ever sell a Bible, class literature, etc.

30.  Whether it is right to have people pay for things related to a church event

31.  Whether it is right women must wear a head covering

32.  Whether it is right for women to speak in a mixed gender Bible class

33.  Whether it is right for there ever to be a “chain prayer” involving males and females

34.  Whether it is right for an elder to have only one child

35.  Whether it is right for an elder to continue serving after his wife has died

36.  Whether a baptized boy must now be in a Bible class taught by men

37.  How to deal with congregational matters without elders

38.  Whether or not a congregation may have a single elder

39.  How old a man should be before he serves as an elder

40.  Can or should a preacher serve as an elder

41.  Whether all men must be present for a business meeting

42.  Whether or not women may attend business meetings

43.  “Voting” in a local congregation on at least some items

44.  Marriage and divorce

45.  Taking a Christian to court

46.  Making vows to God

47.  Marring a non-Christian

48.  Praying to Jesus

49.  Praying to the Holy Spirit

50.  The role of women