Chapter 1 – Nature Of A Church – The term Church occurs in the New Testament more than a hundred times. The “word thus translated means congregation or assembly;

CHAPTER II OFFICERS OF A CHURCH It cannot be said that officers are essential to the existence of a church, for a church must exist

CHAPTER III  DOCTRINES OF A CHURCH The phrase, doctrines of a church, is somewhat equivocal in its import. It may mean what a church teaches, or what

CHAPTER IV ORDINANCES OF A CHURCH This title is not used to convey the idea that a church has the right to institute ordinances. No

CHAPTER V THE GOVERNMENT OF A CHURCH There are three forms of church government, indicated by the terms Episcopacy, Presbyterianism, and Congregationalism. Episcopacy recognizes the

CHAPTER 6 THE DISCIPLINE OF A CHURCH If discipline is necessary in families, schools, and armies, it must answer important purposes in the churches of

CHAPTER VII THE DUTIES OF A CHURCH Though some of the duties of a church have been incidentally referred to in preceding chapters, the subject

APPENDIX I. BUSINESS MEETINGS OF A CHURCH, ASSOCIATIONS, ETC. WHERE the spirit of Christian love and courtesy prevails, very few rules are necessary in the