By Fred Jackson
August 21, 2001

(AgapePress) - Southern Baptist theologian, Dr. Albert Mohler, has offered his views on what defines the true Christian church.

Mohler is the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. And despite the fact that the debate over what constitutes the true Christian church has gone on for centuries, Mohler’s definition is surprisingly simple.

He says the true church can be identified by those who confess the Lordship of Christ and who stand on the authority of scripture.

According to Baptist Press, Mohler believes the problem today is that too few churches are willing to says to their members “Thus saith the Lord.” Instead, he says, members just do whatever is right in their own eyes, and the churches let them get away with it.

The church’s Authority, Mohler says, is the Word of God. And he says “any church that will not distinguish between truth and error based on that authority is not a genuine church.”

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