Ecclesiology – Semester 3
343 – Finances of the Church – The Tithe
SEMESTER 3 343 – Finances of the Church – The Tithe BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 43 FINANCES OF THE CHURCH (THE TITHE) Read Heb. 7:1-9, Mal. 3:7-12. INTRODUCTION: 1. Two questions should logically precede any talk of church financing. i. Is an ongoing ministry of the church God’s will? (The great commission…
344 – Finances of the Church – The Offerings
SEMESTER 3 344 – Finances of the Church – The Offerings BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 44 FINANCES OF THE CHURCH (OFFERINGS) INTRODUCTION: 1. Many people feel strong obligations to tithe but no real obligation to give offerings, though the Bible puts equal emphasis on both. 2. The reason for this…
345 – Inter-church Affiliations
SEMESTER 3 345 – Inter-church Affiliations BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 45 INTER-CHURCH AFFILIATIONS Read carefully, before this lesson, the tract “Baptized By One Spirit Into One body,” and Acts 13:1-3. INTRODUCTION: 1. One great issue of ecclesiastical discussion today is the necessity and/or the propriety of various inter-church affiliations. 2. Some…
346 – Proper and Improper Recognition of Other Churches
SEMESTER 3 346 – Proper and Improper Recognition of Other Churches BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 46 PROPER AND IMPROPER RECOGNITION OF OTHER CHURCHES Read II Jn. 1:13 INTRODUCTION: 1. I cannot question seriously that the elect lady of II John 1:1 is a church, and that the elect sister of verse 13 is…
347 – Acquiring and Holding of Church Property
SEMESTER 3 347 – Acquiring and Holding of Church Property BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 47 ACQUIRING AND HOLDING OF CHURCH PROPERTY Read I Cor. 14:40, II Cor. 8:20-21. INTRODUCTION: 1. It is obvious that neither of these Scriptures, and so far as I know, no other one deals directly with the subject…
348 – Auxiliary Organizations and Ministries
SEMESTER 3 348 – Auxiliary Organizations and Ministries BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSE: ECCLESIOLOGY III LESSON # 48 AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS AND MINISTRIES Read I Tim. 1:1-7, I Tim. 2:1 through 3:16. INTRODUCTION: 1. The goals, purposes and methods of the church today are considered more intellectually than biblically and more tastefully than intellectually. 2. Once we give way…
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