Over time, believers began associating (and disassociating) with other local believers based upon doctrinal, ethnic, or traditional differences. Some of these divisions are more rigid, while others are more informal and flexible.
  

 

The above picture is typical of today's situation. It is nearly impossible to find any city where Christians are simply meeting again as the church in their city. In some places, however, the testimony of the one Body of Christ within a locality is being restored.