What We Believe About Separation

We teach that the Lord has called His disciples to be salt of the earth, and believers must be different and distinct from the world (2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; Eph. 5:11). Christians must also be separated from false teaching (Rom. 16:17; 1 Tim. 6:3-5; 3 John 7-11). It is church leadership’s responsibility to discern wolves and warn the sheep about them (Acts 20:28-29). It is also Biblical to separate from disobedient brothers as part of the church discipline process (Matt. 18; 1 Cor. 5; 2 Thes. 3:6). We teach that the reasons for separation are personal holiness, the protection of the testimony of the Lord and the church, and restoration of disobedient brothers (1 Tim. 1:20; 2 Tim. 2:24-25). Though separation is clearly taught in Scriptures, in the last days apostasy and worldliness will increase (2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; 2 Tim. 3:1-5).