Ecclesiology – Semester 2

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327 – The Church’s Constitution and Bylaws

SEMESTER 2 327 – The Church’s Constitution and Bylaws BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 27 THE CHURCH’S CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Read I Cor. 14:40, II Thes. 2:15. INTRODUCTION: 1. These verses address themselves to order, and probably best describe the reason for the adoption of the Constitution and Bylaws. 2. Again, these are…

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328 – The Church Business Meeting

SEMESTER 2 328 – The Church Business Meeting BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 28 THE CHURCH BUSINESS MEETING Read Acts 1:15-26, Acts 15:1-22. INTRODUCTION: 1. We need go no further than the New Testament to justify the church business meeting. 2. However, as we observe the trouble in some business meetings today, we…

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329 – The Church’s Provision for the Poor

SEMESTER 2 329 – The Church’s Provision for the Poor BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 29 THE CHURCH’S PROVISION FOR THE POOR Read Acts 6:1-4, Gal. 2:9-10, I Tim. 5:1-16. INTRODUCTION: 1. These verses and others, as well as Christian compassion, forbid us to be insensitive to poverty. 2. Moreover, they assure us that…

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330 – Speaking in the Church

SEMESTER 2 330 – Speaking in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 30 SPEAKING IN THE CHURCH Read Acts 1:15, Acts 2:14, I Cor. 14:1-40. INTRODUCTION: 1. It is evident from the above verses in Acts and hundreds of others that speaking was an original and important function in the church. 2. Understand,…

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331 – Prayer in the Church

SEMESTER 2 331 – Prayer in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 31 PRAYER IN THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION: 1. Public prayer in (groups called) churches, ranges from meaningless forms read from prayer books to meaningless jabber by dozens of people at once. 2. In response to one of these or…

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332 – Music in the Church

SEMESTER 2 332 – Music in the Church BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE:  ECCLESIOLOGY II LESSON # 32 MUSIC IN THE CHURCH INTRODUCTION: 1. There are few areas of church practice which beget more controversy than music. 2. Scripture is extremely scarce on this subject. 3. For this reason, personal taste often prevails and becomes…