Thursday, May 29, 2014

10 Things You Won't Find in the New Testament's Description of Church

This is just a list I put together a couple years ago. We could probably have an interesting discussion about some of the things on the list.

1. Weekly Sunday morning gatherings.
2. Weekly offerings @ said gatherings.
3. Voting.
4. Congregational Singing.
5. Exegetical preaching to a gathering of believers with spiritual transformation in mind.
6. Committees.
7. Youth Ministry.
8. Choirs.
9. Deacon Boards.
10. Buildings owned by the church body and dedicated to church usage.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE GATHERINGS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH, YOU WILL FIND:

  • Prayer
  • People Reporting About Ministry
  • Group Discussions
  • Prayer
  • Discipline
  • Reading Letters From Other Believers
  • Did I Mention Prayer?


File this in the "for what it's worth" box. You can decide if you want to do anything further with it!
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 20, 2016 at 9:22 AM

    Ephesians 5:19 @ #4

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  2. David RuddJuly 20, 2016 at 10:20 AM

    Steven, that's a good reference about singing. As I prefaced the list, we could have some good discussions about some of these. It might be fun sometime to think about whether or not the "speaking to one another..." and "singing" mentioned by Paul is the equivalent of today's congregational singing.

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