Was there salvation outside the ark? Was there https://bitcointalk.jp/user/morse41rasmussen of the nation of Israel? Will there be salvation outside the church of Christ? The solution to all of the questions, per the Bible, is actually "no".
Before your emotions get the best of you, calm yourself down and consider two preliminary points; (1) I was raised in one of the biggest, main-stream denominations in the us - not in the church of Christ, so I can speak directly to this matter. What I'm about to share with you originates from years of personal study, debating, argumentation, and absolute have a problem with proven fact that salvation is in only one church. (2) Jesus said in Matthew 22:29, "Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God." Many "religious" people have formed their ideas about salvation by themselves opinions, pre-conceptions, and statements that they've heard again and again since they are children (as opposed to the Bible).
The Bible says that there is no salvation found outside the church of Christ. The Apostle Paul said in Colossians 1:18 that Jesus is the head of the body, the church. The body and the church are one in exactly the same. Paul told the Ephesians, in Ephesians 5:25, "...even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it." The church is singular around, and Jesus gave Himself for the church. In Ephesians 5:23, Paul said, "...even as Christ may be the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body." For an individual to say they can be saved without being an associate of the church of Christ reveals their ignorance of the Scripture, as the Apostle Paul says that Christ is the "saviour" of your body, and the body is the church.
How many "churches" was Paul talking about? Now watch this; the same Paul told the Ephesians, in 4:4, that there is one body. If your body is the church, as Paul stated, and, as he also stated, that there is only one body, then there's only one church. https://www.thelcca.org/forums/users/brun67ziegler/ can understand why simple Bible teaching.
Although, this begs the question, "Which church is the one church?" Well, let's use a simple example. Martin Luther was an excellent man with the noble desire to make contact with the Bible. After Luther's death, his follower's established the denomination bearing his name; the Lutheran Church. Now, was this the one church that Paul spoke of in his epistles? How could it possibly be - the Lutheran Church didn't exist when Paul wrote his epistle. In reality, the Lutheran Church was established some 1500 years after Paul spoke his inspired words; therefore, it is not logical, reasonable, or biblical to conclude that the Lutheran Church is the one church of the Bible, because it simply didn't exist at that time (the initial century)!
