Is denomination allowed?

Hey guys, Tonight I would like to talk to you about the church and the different denominations. Jesus tells us that "I've given them the glory You have given Me. May they be one as We're one" (refer to John 17 verse 22). In reality, Christ desires for us, as followers, to be following Him in unison. If that is so, then why are there so may different denominations in Christianity? The two main causes of the aforementioned are diversity and division.

Diversity occurs when - for example - one friend may prefer to be out on the lawn playing a game of tennis or football (an outdoor activity) whilst the other friend is partial to listening to a song or watching a film (an indoor activity), but the interest that unites the friends may be the mutual interest in say writing fan fiction, investigating the Scottish monarchy or exploring the Karst scenery that is around where they may live. Even in the church, some may prefer to make to make the spiritual world visible through the worship method of playing and listening to hymns via an organ or listening to outreach bands and organisations such as that of the Parachute Band, Upward Junction, Full Throttle or the UCB radio station. The means may be different, but the hypothetical intentions - and the ends - are the same. The syllogistic proposition of:

1) All Christians use worship to reach out to the community

2) Hymns are a form of worship

(therefore all Christians enjoy the idea of hymns)

can't always be assumed to be true as everything has the potential for beauty but not all of us are aware of that beauty. We can't please everyone  by the same token hence why so many ideas of worship exist!  Some enjoy the ideas as explored by the Westminster Confession of Faith whilst others find that they enjoy the ideas of worship as entertained by Pentecostalism - but the intentions do remain the same for all forms of Christian worship!

Division occurs when a group of people disagree on a particular point of doctrine and when this conflict can't be resolved then a split in the congregation can result. This is really how the majority of the denominations occurred in the first place - like that of the Lutheran, Baptist, Evangelical, Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopalian churches (to name a few). These church groups really came to be after Martin Luther (who should not be confused with MLK), a German monk and theologian, felt that Roman Catholicism, in some aspects, violated Christian scripture. This resulted in the formation of the Lutheran church, which transpired due to the sheer amount of people who agreed with the theology and biblical interpretations of Luther.

However, regardless of the number of denominations within Christianity, Christians must be careful to cognate that of Christ once praying and desiring that of His followers being one much rather like He and the Father are one. The trinity is the concept of the unfathomable existing in a finite number of forms - namely the Father, the Son and the holy spirit (each performing their role of providence, extending to the means but also the end, within our lives and the finite, fathomable reality). As people of God, we must realise that the well-known Christian axiom "In the essentials unity; in the non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love" remains to be true to this day for us as avid subscribers of the Christian faith!!