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Church Organization and Cooperation

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Church Organization and Cooperation

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  1. Click below to open the printable worksheets* for this lesson:*For the best results, please minimize (do not close) the PDF worksheets until you have finished viewing the PowerPoint.The PowerPoint for the lesson follows this slide.

  2. Church Organization and Cooperation

  3. General and Specific Authority

  4. What Is a Local Church? • A group of Christians(I Cor. 1:2; Gal.1:2),AND • Rules to follow(I Cor. 16:1,2; Rev. 2,3),AND • Work to accomplish as a group Teach the lost & members (Acts 11:26; Phil. 4:14-18) Praise God (I Cor 11:23-26; 14:15; Acts 20:7) Help needy (I Cor. 16:1,2; Acts 4:32-35; 2 Cor. 8&9), AND • A system of supervision(Acts 14:23; 20:28),AND • Funds of the group(I Cor. 16:1f; Acts 4:32ff), AND • Identifiable membership(Acts 9:26-28),AND • Intent to be a local church A Local Church = a Group of Christians Arranged According to the Bible Pattern in All These Ways.

  5. Individual or Church Work?

  6. CHRIST LOCAL CHURCHES Scriptural Church Organization

  7. Denominational Organizations CHRIST HEADQUARTERS LOCAL CHURCHES LOCAL CHURCHES New Testament Pattern

  8. Unauthorized Centralization SUPERVISORSDIRECTORS WORK LOCAL CHURCHES

  9. Denomi-nations HEAD-QUARTERS LOCAL CHURCHES Unauthorized Centralization New Testament Pattern SUPERVISORSDIRECTORS CHRIST WORK LOCAL CHURCHES LOCAL CHURCHES

  10. Church Organization and Cooperation Church Organization Church Cooperation

  11. Acts 11:22-24 Church Support of Preachers JERUSALEM ANTIOCH Phil. 4:14-18 1) Each church decides for itself whom to support, when, how much, etc. 2) Money is sent to the preacher. PHILIPPI 2 Cor. 11:8,9 CHURCHES

  12. Church-to-Church DonationsTwo Bible Cases - Acts 11; 1 Cor. 16 (Rom. 15; 2 Cor. 8,9) • SUBJECT - A church needing help to care for its needy members(Acts 11:28,29; Rom. 15:26; 2 Cor. 8:14; 9:12; Acts 24:17) • PURPOSE - To relieve needy members(Acts 11:29; 2 Cor. 8:14; 9:12) • DURATION - Temporary until the receiving church could meet its own obligations(2 Cor. 8:14) • RESULT - Independence and equality of churches (2 Cor. 8:14) Scriptural cooperation gives freedom from destitution without centralizing supervision, power, or funds.

  13. Denomi-nations HEAD-QUARTERS LOCAL CHURCHES Unauthorized Centralization New Testament Pattern SUPERVISORSDIRECTORS CHRIST WORK LOCAL CHURCHES LOCAL CHURCHES

  14. Unauthorized Centralization SPONSORING ELDERSHIP WORK LOCAL CHURCHES

  15. Responsibility for oversight is shifted from the giving churches to the sponsoring church.This is the first step to a central church organization.

  16. Denomi-nations HEAD-QUARTERS LOCAL CHURCHES Unauthorized Centralization New Testament Pattern SPONSORING ELDERSHIP CHRIST WORK LOCAL CHURCHES LOCAL CHURCHES

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