{"id":243,"date":"2014-12-21T03:02:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T03:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dictionary.tellingthetruth.info\/?p=243"},"modified":"2023-10-09T16:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T16:24:34","slug":"no-name-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truth.circlescosites.com\/dictionary\/no-name-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Name of Church – The No Name Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

They refuse to take a public or official name except for situations where they are required to do so by the government. Currently, the names for their church most widely used among members<\/strong> are: “The Truth,” “The Way,” “The Fellowship” and The Fold of God.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Early Workers used or were called by these names:<\/strong> Go-Preachers, Tramps, Tramp Preachers, Dippers, The Jesus Way, Pilgrims, Testimony of Jesus, God’s Testimony, Faith Missioners, White Mice<\/em> and eponymns: Cooneyites, Irvineites, Gillites, Reidites, Carrollites, McClungites, Fraserites. <\/em><\/p>\n

The name Testimony of Jesus<\/em> was used by Workers and Friends in Great Britain and Australia during World War 1 to apply for military exemption status. Possibly derived from Revelation 19:10: And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:<\/strong> worship God: for the testimony of Jesus<\/strong> is the spirit of prophecy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Official names they have taken:<\/strong>
\nChristian Conventions Representing Assemblies of Christians Assuming This Name Only<\/a> (America)
\nAssemblies of Christians
\nChristian Assemblies of Australia
\nChristian Assemblies of Victoria (Australia)
\nUnited Christian Conventions of Australasia and New Zealand<\/a>
\nChristian Church in England (Copyright for Hymns Old & New)
\nAlberta Society of Christian Assemblies (Canada)
\nChristian Mission (Vietnam)
\nChristian Church of San Felipe (Baja, Mexico)
\nChristian Church of Paraguay or Friends in Paraguay
\nPrimitive Christian Church of Peru
\nChristian (Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

Other nicknames include:<\/strong> Two by Twos, 2x2s, The Secret Sect, Home Meetings, House Church, Black Stockings, Church without a Name, Church with No Name, No Name Church\/Sect, No Secters, No Name Sect, The Workers, The Secret Sect, Faith Missioners, The Black Stockings, Black Socks, White Mice (Rathmolyon, Ire), Bluelights (Tasmania)…<\/em><\/p>\n

European Names of Church: <\/strong>
\nItaly:<\/strong> Two-by-Twos (Due a due).
\nFrance:<\/strong> Les Anonymes (Anonymous); Les Sans-Nom (Without Name), Disciples du Christ (Disciples of Christ), Amis (Friends), Deux-\u00e0-Deux (Two by Twos).
\nGerman:<\/strong> Die Namenlosen, (The Nameless Ones); Der J\u00fcnger Jesu (Disciples of Jesus).
\nSweden:<\/a><\/strong> Kristna I Sverige (Christians in Sweden).
\nSri Lanka:<\/strong> The Fold<\/p>\n

Latin America<\/strong>\u00a0Church Names.<\/strong> Respecting the law, the Workers have registered names for their church with the various country governments that typically include the base words Christian Church (Iglesia Cristina)<\/em>. Each country\u2019s name is unique, e.g. Christian Church of San Felipe (Chile), Christian Church of Paraguay, Primitive Christian Church of Peru, etc.<\/p>\n

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