Fellowship Ideas; Confirming their Propriety by A.A.’s Own
Conference-Approved Literature; and Pointing to Bill W.’s “New Version of the
Program” as it stood before the Great Compromise
1. Taking a
good look at what “Old-School” A.A. means:
a. First
Century Christianity (applied in Acts 1-6)
b. What First
Century Christianity is
i. Jesus and the Book of Acts
1. Jesus
[daily; It is written];
2. The Book of
Acts [Daily fellowship; meeting in home or temple; praying together; hearing
the word of God together; breaking bread together; witnessing; converting;
healing; and evidencing that the church of God grows daily]
c. Results from
Scriptures:
i. Salvation—required
acceptance of Jesus as Lord Rom 10:9;
ii. Holy Spirit
was received and sealed within
iii. Power as
part of the package;
iv. Obeying and
following what Jesus did [John 14:12];
v. In Acts,
doing what Jesus did:
1. Healing the
sick
2. Raising the
dead
3. Healing the
lame (Acts 3-4)
4. Casting out
evil spirits
d. Christian
organizations and individuals reproducing First Century Christianity from the
mid-1800’s onward
i. Congregationalism;
ii. The Young
Men’s Christian Association;
iii. Evangelists;
iv. The
Salvation army
v. Rescue
missions
vi. The Young
People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
vii. “A First
Century Christian Fellowship” (aka “the Oxford Group”)
viii. Rev. Sam
Shoemaker
ix. The Akron
“Christian fellowship”;
x. The
Rockefeller observations—“Why this is First Century
Christianity at work. What can we do to help!”
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