Local Church

Local Church: The Purpose & Practices of the Local Church Preface Introduction to Local Church T...

This study of the local church, a work of God, is for the purpose of impressing upon believers in...

1. God's Church and God's Churches For the purposes of our study, we make a clear distinction bet...

1. Pursuing the Pattern (The Ideal: Spirit Led and Uncompromised Truth) Since we are living in th...

1. The Church in God's Mind The Church was in God's Mind throughout the ages Eph 1:9; 3:3,5; Col ...

In this section we will examine the Kingdom of God. The term itself denotes sovereignty, power, a...

The Church and the Churches It is imperative to our study of the local church that we understand ...

Every New Testament church was an independent church. They were "self-governing", "self-supportin...

!! INCOMPLETE, add outline points !! Care is taken to insure proper balance in all of God's deali...

The Scriptures speak of only two groups of ruling bodies within the local church—Elders and Deaco...

In the next few chapters of this book we will be looking at the separate ministries of the apostl...

The ministry of the prophet is mentioned more frequently in Scripture than any of the other five-...

The Ministry of the Evangelist The term evangelist designates one who announces the Good News. He...

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SHEEP Both __________ and __________ teach that most flocks receive the...

The Lord Jesus himself is the first example I will discuss of one who was called to the teaching ...

In this chapter we will examine the necessary scriptural qualifications for Elders. Some churches...

extended periods of study is to take time to worship, praise, and pray and, I could add, to physi...

WHAT OFFENSES REQUIRE CHURCH DISCIPLINE? A person should not be ____________ under church discipl...