Definition: Like-minded

Full Definition of LIKE-MINDED

:  having a like disposition or purpose :  of the same mind or habit of thought

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I am not like-minded with evolutionists because they deny God and lie about the nature of man. I am not like-minded with Mormons because they believe untruths about God and Christ, they do not follow the truth of the Holy word of God. I'm not like-minded with those who support seeker sensitive preaching and teaching, or the emergent church--it promotes a false or watered down gospel that denies the sin nature of man as man's ultimate problem, and seeks to placate people by meeting their 'felt needs' in a psychological way--it acts as though the gospel is not sufficient to save any longer. When anecdotes replace sound preaching and the pastor tries to entertain and not offend, often using humor to have people 'enjoy' the sermon, so much opportunity is lost to truly love the people of God. The Bible is not front and center when this is the case, so believers are not taught what they need to be taught. 

Is this the model we see in the Bible of what a church is to be? Was Jesus an entertainer?

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Does the Bible tell us to seek community or to promote unity, and how do those things differ? Are they mutually exclusive?

The Scriptures teach us to have Christian unity which means we bond on the truth of the Word--which means we have to  know it. We cannot have unity with people who believe lies about God and Jesus. We can, however, have community with all manner of people because it's not based on truth of God's word. COMMUNITY is often about being moral and having common interests like serving others or educating in a similar fashion. People can join with different ideas in mind, the problem is that the undiscerning Christian thinks it is a group of people like them, and the unbeliever thinks it's a group like them. In churches that seek to bring in all manner of people because that is their measure of success, pastors learn to speak in a way that reaches both, very carefully, and so do other group leaders and marketers.

Do our kids have to be overtly taught wrong ways of ministry and thinking, or do they catch it by what is around them?

What is the mission statement of any groups we're in? If they are Christian, what does that mean? How about if it's a Christian group that claims like-minded members? This would seem to imply people have to agree on some specific things in order to join...

Question--Should we promote and/or seek out community, or should we seek out Christian unity? By doing the latter, will we naturally find what God has in mind for the community we interact with?