1. The New Testament Church
Part 1
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.

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

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.

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.

10. 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.”

11. The Beginning Of The Church

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

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).

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).
“Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls 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).

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?

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!

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!
“And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47).

19. 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!

20. The Beginning Of The Church

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

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.

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.

24. 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.

25. The Beginning Of The Church

26. The Beginning Of The Church

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

28. The Beginning Of The 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…

30. 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!

31. The Universal Church

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

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.

34. 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).

35. The Universal Church

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

37. The Universal Church
In the universal sense, there is only one church that Jesus built.
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all” (Ephesians 4:4-6).

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

39. 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).

40. 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!”

41. 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.

42. The Universal Church

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

44. all things He may have the preeminence” (Colossians 1:18).
The Universal Church
Jesus is the head of the church.
“And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in
all things He may have the preeminence” (Colossians 1:18).

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

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

47. 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.

48. 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).

49. 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.

50. 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.

51. The Universal Church

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

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

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

55. 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!

56. The Local Church

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

58. 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.

59. 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.

60. The Local Church

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

62. 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).

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

64. The Local Church
Many of these local churches are mentioned in the Bible.
“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).

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

66. The Local Church
Many of these local churches are mentioned in the Bible.
“Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia” (Galatians 1:1-2).

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

68. 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.

69. 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.

70. Two Types Of Church Structure

71. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure:
Man
U.S.A.
Canada
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa

72. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure:
Man
World Headquarters
U.S.A.
Canada
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa

73. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure:
Man
World Headquarters
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa

74. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure:
Man
World Headquarters
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa

75. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure:
Man
World Headquarters
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if the world headquarters is corrupt?

76. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure: X
Man
World Headquarters
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if the world headquarters is corrupt?

77. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure: X
Man
World Headquarters X
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if the world headquarters is corrupt?

78. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure: X
Man
World Headquarters X X
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if the world headquarters is corrupt?

79. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure: X
Man
World Headquarters X X
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters X
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if the world headquarters is corrupt?

80. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure: X
Man
World Headquarters X X
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters X X
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if the world headquarters is corrupt?

81. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure: X
Man
World Headquarters X X
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters X X X
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if the world headquarters is corrupt?

82. Two Types Of Church Structure
Man-made centralized church structure: X
Man
World Headquarters X X
U.S.A.
Canada
National Headquarters X X X X
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if the world headquarters is corrupt?

83. Centralized Church Structure

84. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?

85. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?
Roman Catholic Church

86. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheran Church

87. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheran Church
Baptist Church

88. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheran Church
Baptist Church
Anglican Church

89. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheran Church
Baptist Church
Anglican Church
Methodist Church

90. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheran Church
Baptist Church
Anglican Church
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church

91. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheran Church
Baptist Church
Anglican Church
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Jehovah’s Witnesses

92. Centralized Church Structure
Who uses the centralized structure?
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheran Church
Baptist Church
Anglican Church
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Virtually all denominations!

93. Centralized Church Structure

94. Centralized Church Structure
The Baptist Church admits that the centralized structure is not found in the Bible.

95. Centralized Church Structure
The Baptist Church admits that the centralized structure is not found in the Bible.
“Because churches are the only Christian organizations provided for in the New Testament, it may be said that they are the only ones really essential to accomplish the purposes of Christ. Experience, however, has demonstrated that churches in fellowship with one another are
able to fulfill the work of the gospel
more effectively than churches alone”
(Hiscox Standard Baptist Manual, p. 120).

96. Two Types Of Church Structure

97. Two Types Of Church Structure
New Testament church structure:
Christ
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa

98. Two Types Of Church Structure
New Testament church structure:
Christ
Headquarters in heaven
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa

99. Two Types Of Church Structure
New Testament church structure:
Christ
Headquarters in heaven
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa

100. Two Types Of Church Structure
New Testament church structure:
Christ
Headquarters in heaven
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if one local church becomes corrupt?

101. Two Types Of Church Structure
New Testament church structure:
Christ
Headquarters in heaven X
Local Church
N.Y.
Miami
Toronto
Ottawa
What if one local church becomes corrupt?

102. New Testament Church Structure

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

104. 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.

105. 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?

106. 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).

107. 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?

108. The Name Of The Church

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

110. 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!)

111. 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.

112. “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).

113. 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.

114. “…the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus”
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 God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus”
(1 Thessalonians 2:14).

115. 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.

116. The Name Of The Church

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

118. 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.

119. 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?

120. 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?

121. 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?

122. 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?

123. 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?

124. 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?

125. 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.

126. 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).

127. Worship Of The Local Church

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

129. 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.

130. 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).

131. 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.

132. 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).

133. 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).
“Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight”
(Acts 20:7).

134. 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).

135. Worship Of The Local Church

136. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).

137. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
“For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’ In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes”
(1 Corinthians 11:23-25).

138. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).

139. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?

140. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
Meat?

141. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
Meat?
Potato chips?

142. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
Meat?
Potato chips?
Unleavened bread?

143. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
Meat?
Potato chips?
Unleavened bread?

144. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?

145. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?

146. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
Water?

147. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
Water?
Milk?

148. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
Water?
Milk?
Fruit of the vine (grape juice)?

149. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
Water?
Milk?
Fruit of the vine (grape juice)?

150. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?

151. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
How often should this be done?

152. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
How often should this be done?
“Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight”
(Acts 20:7).

153. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
How often should this be done?

154. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
How often should this be done?
Once every year?

155. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
How often should this be done?
Once every year?
Once every month?

156. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
How often should this be done?
Once every year?
Once every month?
Every Sunday?

157. Worship Of The Local Church
The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 26:26-28).
What represents the Lord’s body?
What represents the Lord’s blood?
How often should this be done?
Once every year?
Once every month?
Every Sunday?

158. Worship Of The Local Church

159. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).

160. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
“speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 5:19-20).

161. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).

162. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?

163. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Playing instruments?

164. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Playing instruments?
Playing instruments & singing?

165. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Playing instruments?
Playing instruments & singing?
Singing?

166. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Playing instruments?
Playing instruments & singing?
Singing?

167. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?

168. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Make melody using what?

169. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Make melody using what?
Harp?

170. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Make melody using what?
Harp?
Piano?

171. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Make melody using what?
Harp?
Piano?
Heart?

172. Worship Of The Local Church
Music (Ephesians 5:19).
What kind of music?
Make melody using what?
Harp?
Piano?
Heart?

173. Worship Of The Local Church

174. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).

175. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come” (1 Corinthians 16:1-2).

176. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).

177. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
“So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7).

178. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).

179. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?

180. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
Saturday?

181. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
Saturday?
Thursday?

182. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
Saturday?
Thursday?
Sunday (first day of the week)?

183. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
Saturday?
Thursday?
Sunday (first day of the week)?

184. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?

185. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
What method should be used?

186. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
What method should be used?
Tithing (mandatory 10%)?

187. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
What method should be used?
Tithing (mandatory 10%)?
Bake sales?

188. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
What method should be used?
Tithing (mandatory 10%)?
Bake sales?
Freewill?

189. Worship Of The Local Church
Giving (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 9:7).
When should it be done?
What method should be used?
Tithing (mandatory 10%)?
Bake sales?
Freewill?

190. Worship Of The Local Church

191. Worship Of The Local Church
Praying (Acts 2:42).

192. Worship Of The Local Church
Praying (Acts 2:42).
“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers” (Acts 2:42).

193. Worship Of The Local Church

194. Worship Of The Local Church
Teaching/Preaching (Acts 11:26).

195. Worship Of The Local Church
Teaching/Preaching (Acts 11:26).
“Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch” (Acts 11:25-26).

196. Worship Of The Local Church

197. 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).

198. 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!

199. Worship Of The Local Church

200. Worship Of The Local Church
What if someone decides to change the worship of the church or add some more acts of worship?

201. Worship Of The Local Church
What if someone decides to change the worship of the church or add some more acts of worship?
“These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men” (Matthew 15:8-9).

202. Worship Of The Local Church
What if someone decides to change the worship of the church or add some more acts of worship?

203. Worship Of The Local Church
What if someone decides to change the worship of the church or add some more acts of worship?
Remember: Christ is the head of the church!