1. The New Testament Church
By David Dann

2. Christ’s Church

3. Christ’s Church
Jesus said he would build his church.

4. Christ’s Church Jesus said he would build his church.
“And Simon Peter answered and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it’”
(Matthew 16:16-18).

5. Christ’s Church
Jesus said he would build his church.

6. Christ’s Church Jesus said he would build his church.
Church– A called-out assembly of people.
(A “church” is not a building!)

7. Christ’s Church Jesus said he would build his church.
Church– A called-out assembly of people.
(A “church” is not a building!)
Christ’s church did not exist yet while he was on earth.

8. Christ’s Church Jesus said he would build his church.
Church– A called-out assembly of people.
(A “church” is not a building!)
Christ’s church did not exist yet while he was on earth.
He said that he would build it in the future.

9. Christ’s Church Jesus said he would build his church.
Church– A called-out assembly of people.
(A “church” is not a building!)
Christ’s church did not exist yet while he was on earth.
He said that he would build it in the future.
And, it would be built based upon the confession that he is, “the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

10. The Beginning Of The Church

11. The Beginning Of The Church
Jesus said he would build his church (Matthew 16:18).

12. The Beginning Of The Church
Jesus said he would build his church (Matthew 16:18).
Three thousand people obeyed the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, “were added to them” (Acts 2:41).

13. The Beginning Of The Church
Jesus said he would build his church (Matthew 16:18).
Three thousand people obeyed the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, “were added to them” (Acts 2:41).
“Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them” (Acts 2:41).

14. The Beginning Of The Church
Jesus said he would build his church (Matthew 16:18).
Three thousand people obeyed the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, “were added to them” (Acts 2:41).

15. The Beginning Of The Church
Jesus said he would build his church (Matthew 16:18).
Three thousand people obeyed the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, “were added to them” (Acts 2:41).
Added to whom?

16. The Beginning Of The Church
Jesus said he would build his church (Matthew 16:18).
Three thousand people obeyed the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, “were added to them” (Acts 2:41).
Added to whom?
Added to the church!

17. The Beginning Of The Church
Jesus said he would build his church (Matthew 16:18).
Three thousand people obeyed the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, “were added to them” (Acts 2:41).
Added to whom?
Added to the church!
“And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47).

18. The Beginning Of The Church
Jesus said he would build his church (Matthew 16:18).
Three thousand people obeyed the gospel on the Day of Pentecost, “were added to them” (Acts 2:41).
Added to whom?
Added to the church!

19. The Beginning Of The Church

20. The Beginning Of The Church
The Lord adds the saved to his church.

21. The Beginning Of The Church
The Lord adds the saved to his church.
When people met the Lord’s conditions for forgiveness they were saved.

22. The Beginning Of The Church
The Lord adds the saved to his church.
When people met the Lord’s conditions for forgiveness they were saved.
When they were saved, the Lord put them in his church.

23. The Beginning Of The Church
The Lord adds the saved to his church.
When people met the Lord’s conditions for forgiveness they were saved.
When they were saved, the Lord put them in his church.
Christ adds people to his spiritual body of saved people (the church) when they meet his terms for forgiveness of sins.

24. The Beginning Of The Church

25. The Beginning Of The Church

26. The Beginning Of The Church
When man:
Believes
Repents
& Is Baptized…

27. The Beginning Of The Church
When man:
Believes
Repents
& Is Baptized…

28. The Beginning Of The Church
The Lord adds the saved to his church.
Church
When man:
Believes
Repents
& Is Baptized…

29. The Beginning Of The Church
The Lord adds the saved to his church.
Church
When man:
Believes
Repents
& Is Baptized…
The church is the Lord’s body of saved people!

30. The Universal Church

31. The Universal Church
The Bible uses the word “church” in two different ways.

32. The Universal Church
The Bible uses the word “church” in two different ways.
The first way the Bible uses the word “church” is to refer to the universal body of saved people that includes every person who is a Christian.

33. The Universal Church
The Bible uses the word “church” in two different ways.
The first way the Bible uses the word “church” is to refer to the universal body of saved people that includes every person who is a Christian.
This is what Jesus referred to when he said, “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18).

34. The Universal Church

35. The Universal Church
In the universal sense, there is only one church that Jesus built.

36. The Universal Church
In the universal sense, there is only one church that Jesus built.
Jesus said, “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18).

37. The Universal Church
In the universal sense, there is only one church that Jesus built.
Jesus said, “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18).
He did not say, “I will build my churches!”

38. The Universal Church
In the universal sense, there is only one church that Jesus built.
Jesus said, “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18).
He did not say, “I will build my churches!”
There is only one universal body of saved people that belongs to Christ.

39. The Universal Church

40. The Universal Church
Jesus is the head of the church.

41. The Universal Church Jesus is the head of the church.
No man can claim to be the head of the church!

42. The Universal Church Jesus is the head of the church.
No man can claim to be the head of the church!
The one church includes all of the saved people in the world.

43. The Universal Church Jesus is the head of the church.
No man can claim to be the head of the church!
The one church includes all of the saved people in the world.
“…Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body” (Ephesians 5:23).

44. The Universal Church Jesus is the head of the church.
No man can claim to be the head of the church!
The one church includes all of the saved people in the world.

45. The Universal Church Jesus is the head of the church.
No man can claim to be the head of the church!
The one church includes all of the saved people in the world.
Every person who meets the Lord’s conditions for forgiveness of sins is added to the universal church by the Lord.

46. The Universal Church

47. The Universal Church
The Lord adds the saved to his church.
Church

48. The Universal Church The Lord adds the saved to his church. Church
When man:
Believes
Repents
& Is Baptized…

49. The Universal Church The Lord adds the saved to his church. Church
When man:
Believes
Repents
& Is Baptized…

50. The church is the Lord’s body of saved people!
The Universal Church
The Lord adds the saved to his church.
Church
When man:
Believes
Repents
& Is Baptized…
The church is the Lord’s body of saved people!

51. The Local Church

52. The Local Church
The Bible uses the word “church” in two different ways.

53. The Local Church
The Bible uses the word “church” in two different ways.
The first way the Bible uses the word “church” is to refer to the universal body of saved people that includes every person who is a Christian.

54. The Local Church
The Bible uses the word “church” in two different ways.
The first way the Bible uses the word “church” is to refer to the universal body of saved people that includes every person who is a Christian.
The second way the Bible uses the word “church” is to refer to a group of saved people who assemble together in a certain place to carry out their responsibilities to God.

55. The Local Church

56. The Local Church
Many of these local churches are mentioned in the Bible.

57. The Local Church
Many of these local churches are mentioned in the Bible.
“Now in the church that was at Antioch there were certain prophets and teachers…” (Acts 13:1).

58. The Local Church
Many of these local churches are mentioned in the Bible.

59. The Local Church
Many of these local churches are mentioned in the Bible.
Once a person obeys the gospel, he is added to the universal church and is responsible for assembling with a local church.

60. The Local Church
Many of these local churches are mentioned in the Bible.
Once a person obeys the gospel, he is added to the universal church and is responsible for assembling with a local church.
The largest functioning unit of Christians in the Bible is the local church in a given location.

61. Church Structure

62. Church Structure New Testament church structure: Christ Philippi
Ephesus
Philippi
Corinth
Antioch

63. Church Structure New Testament church structure: Christ
Headquarters in heaven
Ephesus
Philippi
Corinth
Antioch

64. Church Structure New Testament church structure: Christ
Headquarters in heaven
Local Church
Ephesus
Philippi
Corinth
Antioch

65. Church Structure New Testament church structure:
Christ
Headquarters in heaven
Local Church
Ephesus
Philippi
Corinth
Antioch
What if one local church becomes corrupt?

66. X Church Structure New Testament church structure:
Christ
Headquarters in heaven X
Local Church
Ephesus
Philippi
Corinth
Antioch
What if one local church becomes corrupt?

67. New Testament Church Structure

68. New Testament Church Structure
In the Bible, there is no “Head Church” over the other churches, and there are no earthly headquarters.

69. New Testament Church Structure
In the Bible, there is no “Head Church” over the other churches, and there are no earthly headquarters.
Each local church is equal and independent.

70. New Testament Church Structure
In the Bible, there is no “Head Church” over the other churches, and there are no earthly headquarters.
Each local church is equal and independent.
How can equal and independent churches have unity?

71. New Testament Church Structure
In the Bible, there is no “Head Church” over the other churches, and there are no earthly headquarters.
Each local church is equal and independent.
How can equal and independent churches have unity?
“Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son” (2 John 9).

72. New Testament Church Structure
In the Bible, there is no “Head Church” over the other churches, and there are no earthly headquarters.
Each local church is equal and independent.
How can equal and independent churches have unity?

73. The Name Of The Church

74. The Name Of The Church
What is the church called in the Bible?

75. The Name Of The Church What is the church called in the Bible?
It is often simply referred to as “the church,” because there was only one kind. (There were no denominations!)

76. The Name Of The Church What is the church called in the Bible?
It is often simply referred to as “the church,” because there was only one kind. (There were no denominations!)
In the Bible, the church is called by names which show that it belongs to Christ.

77. “The churches of Christ greet you” (Romans 16:16).
The Name Of The Church
What is the church called in the Bible?
It is often simply referred to as “the church,” because there was only one kind. (There were no denominations!)
In the Bible, the church is called by names which show that it belongs to Christ.
“The churches of Christ greet you” (Romans 16:16).

78. The Name Of The Church What is the church called in the Bible?
It is often simply referred to as “the church,” because there was only one kind. (There were no denominations!)
In the Bible, the church is called by names which show that it belongs to Christ.

79. The Name Of The Church

80. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.

81. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.

82. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.
Roman Catholic Church?

83. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.
Roman Catholic Church?
Baptist Church?

84. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.
Roman Catholic Church?
Baptist Church?
Pentecostal Church?

85. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.
Roman Catholic Church?
Baptist Church?
Pentecostal Church?
Reformed Church?

86. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.
Roman Catholic Church?
Baptist Church?
Pentecostal Church?
Reformed Church?
Seventh-Day Adventist Church?

87. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.
Roman Catholic Church?
Baptist Church?
Pentecostal Church?
Reformed Church?
Seventh-Day Adventist Church?
Mormon Church?

88. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.

89. The Name Of The Church
The church is never called by the name of a man in the Bible.
The names of modern denominations are not found in the Bible.
Denominational names are not part of the doctrine of Christ (2 John 9).

90. Worship Of The Local Church

91. Worship Of The Local Church
The universal church never meets for worship—it would be impossible for it to meet collectively.

92. Worship Of The Local Church
The universal church never meets for worship—it would be impossible for it to meet collectively.
Each local church is to meet for worship.

93. Worship Of The Local Church
The universal church never meets for worship—it would be impossible for it to meet collectively.
Each local church is to meet for worship.
“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24-25).

94. Worship Of The Local Church
The universal church never meets for worship—it would be impossible for it to meet collectively.
Each local church is to meet for worship.

95. Worship Of The Local Church
The universal church never meets for worship—it would be impossible for it to meet collectively.
Each local church is to meet for worship.
The church meets for worship on the first day of the week (Sunday).

96. Worship Of The Local Church

97. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-25).

98. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-25).
Singing (Ephesians 5:19).

99. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-25).
Singing (Ephesians 5:19).
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2).

100. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-25).
Singing (Ephesians 5:19).
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2).
Prayer (Acts 2:42).

101. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-25).
Singing (Ephesians 5:19).
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2).
Prayer (Acts 2:42).
Teaching/Preaching (Acts 11:25-26).

102. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (1 Corinthians 11:23-25).
Singing (Ephesians 5:19).
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2).
Prayer (Acts 2:42).
Teaching/Preaching (Acts 11:25-26).
These are the only acts of worship of the church found in the Bible!

103. Organization Of The Local Church

104. Organization Of The Local Church
How is the local church to be organized?

105. Organization Of The Local Church
How is the local church to be organized?
Christ is the head of the church (Colossians 1:18).

106. Organization Of The Local Church
How is the local church to be organized?
Christ is the head of the church (Colossians 1:18).
The church belongs to Christ because he has purchased it for himself.

107. Organization Of The Local Church
How is the local church to be organized?
Christ is the head of the church (Colossians 1:18).
The church belongs to Christ because he has purchased it for himself.
“…the church of God which He purchased with His own blood”
(Acts 20:28).

108. Organization Of The Local Church
How is the local church to be organized?
Christ is the head of the church (Colossians 1:18).
The church belongs to Christ because he has purchased it for himself.

109. Organization Of The Local Church

110. Organization Of The Local Church
Each member of the local church is equal to the others.

111. Organization Of The Local Church
Each member of the local church is equal to the others.
What about “priests” in the church?

112. Organization Of The Local Church
Each member of the local church is equal to the others.
What about “priests” in the church?
In the New Testament, every Christian is a priest!

113. Organization Of The Local Church
Each member of the local church is equal to the others.
What about “priests” in the church?
In the New Testament, every Christian is a priest!
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9).

114. Organization Of The Local Church
Each member of the local church is equal to the others.
What about “priests” in the church?
In the New Testament, every Christian is a priest!

115. Organization Of The Local Church
Each member of the local church is equal to the others.
What about “priests” in the church?
In the New Testament, every Christian is a priest!
There is no separate priesthood in the church.

116. Organization Of The Local Church

117. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”

118. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Saints—people who are set apart to God.

119. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Saints—people who are set apart to God.
“Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons” (Philippians 1:1).

120. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Saints—people who are set apart to God.

121. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Saints—people who are set apart to God.
“To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ
our Lord, both theirs and ours”
(1 Corinthians 1:2).

122. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”

123. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Each local church should have “elders” and “deacons.”

124. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Each local church should have “elders” and “deacons.”
“Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons” (Philippians 1:1).

125. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Each local church should have “elders” and “deacons.”

126. Elders In The Local Church

127. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.

128. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders (Titus 1:5).

129. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders (Titus 1:5).
Presbyters (Acts 14:23).

130. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders (Titus 1:5).
Presbyters (Acts 14:23).
Bishops (Philippians 1:1).

131. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders (Titus 1:5).
Presbyters (Acts 14:23).
Bishops (Philippians 1:1).
Overseers (Acts 20:28).

132. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders (Titus 1:5).
Presbyters (Acts 14:23).
Bishops (Philippians 1:1).
Overseers (Acts 20:28).
Pastors (Ephesians 4:11).

133. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders (Titus 1:5).
Presbyters (Acts 14:23).
Bishops (Philippians 1:1).
Overseers (Acts 20:28).
Pastors (Ephesians 4:11).
Shepherds (1 Peter 5:2).

134. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders (Titus 1:5).
Presbyters (Acts 14:23).
Bishops (Philippians 1:1).
Overseers (Acts 20:28).
Pastors (Ephesians 4:11).
Shepherds (1 Peter 5:2).
All 6 of these terms refer to the same thing in the New Testament!

135. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.

136. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.

137. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.
“The elders who are among you I exhort…Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock” (1 Peter 5:1-3).

138. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.

139. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications in order to serve as elders in the local church.

140. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications in order to serve as elders in the local church.
“This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil. Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil” (1 Timothy 3:1-7).

141. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications in order to serve as elders in the local church.

142. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications in order to serve as elders in the local church.
There must be at least 2 elders in a church, or no elders at all.

143. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications in order to serve as elders in the local church.
There must be at least 2 elders in a church, or no elders at all.
“So when they had appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed” (Acts 14:23).

144. Elders In The Local Church
Elders are referred to using six different terms in the Bible.
Elders are to oversee the work of the local church in order to make sure that the church follows the Bible in all areas.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications in order to serve as elders in the local church.
There must be at least 2 elders in a church, or no elders at all.

145. Man-Made Church Structure
One elder (bishop) over many churches:
Bishop
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa

146. Man-Made Church Structure
One elder (bishop) over many churches:
Bishop
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
This is not found in the Bible!

147. New Testament Church Structure

148. New Testament Church Structure
Elders (bishops) in each church:

149. New Testament Church Structure
Elders (bishops) in each church:
Local Churches

150. New Testament Church Structure
Elders (bishops) in each church:
Ephesus
Saints (including elders)
Local Churches

151. New Testament Church Structure
Elders (bishops) in each church:
Philippi
Saints (including elders)
Ephesus
Saints (including elders)
Local Churches

152. New Testament Church Structure
Elders (bishops) in each church:
Philippi
Saints (including elders)
Ephesus
Saints (including elders)
Local Churches
The elders of the church in Ephesus cannot oversee the church in Philippi!

153. New Testament Church Structure
Elders (bishops) in each church:
“Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers” (1 Peter 5:2).
Philippi
Saints (including elders)
Ephesus
Saints (including elders)
Local Churches
The elders of the church in Ephesus cannot oversee the church in Philippi!

154. New Testament Church Structure
Elders (bishops) in each church:
Philippi
Saints (including elders)
Ephesus
Saints (including elders)
Local Churches
The elders of the church in Ephesus cannot oversee the church in Philippi!

155. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Each local church should have “elders” and “deacons.”

156. Deacons In The Local Church

157. Deacons In The Local Church
Deacons are servants who carry out tasks assigned by the elders in the local church.

158. Deacons In The Local Church
Deacons are servants who carry out tasks assigned by the elders in the local church.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications to serve as deacons.

159. Deacons In The Local Church
Deacons are servants who carry out tasks assigned by the elders in the local church.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications to serve as deacons.
“Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. Likewise their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well” (1 Timothy 3:8-12).

160. Deacons In The Local Church
Deacons are servants who carry out tasks assigned by the elders in the local church.
Members of the church must meet certain qualifications to serve as deacons.

161. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Each local church should have “elders” and “deacons.”
Each local church should also have teachers/preachers.

162. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Each local church should have “elders” and “deacons.”
Each local church should also have teachers/preachers.
“And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11-12).

163. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Each local church should have “elders” and “deacons.”
Each local church should also have teachers/preachers.

164. Organization Of The Local Church
Each local church is made up of Christians, or “saints.”
Each local church should have “elders” and “deacons.”
Each local church should also have teachers/preachers.
The preacher is not the head of the local church!

165. Work Of The Local Church

166. Work Of The Local Church
What kind of work should the local church be involved in?

167. Work Of The Local Church
What kind of work should the local church be involved in?
Each local church has been given the same responsibilities by God.

168. Work Of The Local Church
What kind of work should the local church be involved in?
Each local church has been given the same responsibilities by God.
There are basically 3 types of work that the local church is authorized to engage in.

169. Work Of The Local Church

170. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:

171. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.

172. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.
“For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place. Your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything”
(1 Thessalonians 1:8).

173. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.

174. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.
Strengthen (edify) members spiritually.

175. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.
Strengthen (edify) members spiritually.
“…according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love”
(Ephesians 4:16).

176. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.
Strengthen (edify) members spiritually.

177. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.
Strengthen (edify) members spiritually.
Help with physical needs of other members.

178. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.
Strengthen (edify) members spiritually.
Help with physical needs of other members.
“For it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem”
(Romans 15:26).

179. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.
Strengthen (edify) members spiritually.
Help with physical needs of other members.

180. Work Of The Local Church
Three areas of work for each local church:
Preach the gospel.
Strengthen (edify) members spiritually.
Help with physical needs of other members.
These are the only areas of work for the church in the Bible!

181. Work Of The Local Church

182. Work Of The Local Church
There are many things that are not the responsibility of the local church:

183. Work Of The Local Church
There are many things that are not the responsibility of the local church:
Social and recreational activities.

184. Work Of The Local Church
There are many things that are not the responsibility of the local church:
Social and recreational activities.
Political activities.

185. Work Of The Local Church
There are many things that are not the responsibility of the local church:
Social and recreational activities.
Political activities.
Social welfare work (i.e. soup kitchens, hospitals, etc.).

186. Work Of The Local Church
There are many things that are not the responsibility of the local church:
Social and recreational activities.
Political activities.
Social welfare work (i.e. soup kitchens, hospitals, etc.).
Secular education (i.e. schools and colleges).

187. Work Of The Local Church
There are many things that are not the responsibility of the local church:
Social and recreational activities.
Political activities.
Social welfare work (i.e. soup kitchens, hospitals, etc.).
Secular education (i.e. schools and colleges).
Business activities.

188. Work Of The Local Church
There are many things that are not the responsibility of the local church:
Social and recreational activities.
Political activities.
Social welfare work (i.e. soup kitchens, hospitals, etc.).
Secular education (i.e. schools and colleges).
Business activities.
The church has no authority to do these things!

189. The New Testament Church

190. The New Testament Church
The Bible gives us a clear picture of what the church was like in the first century A.D.

191. The New Testament Church
The Bible gives us a clear picture of what the church was like in the first century A.D.
When we read about the church in the Bible we can know exactly what the church should be like today!