Church Membership
What is membership?
To be a part of something, belonging to a group.
Jesus is the _____ of the church?
Head.
What does it mean to discipline?
To correct or make right.
What does church discipline look like?
Confronting sinning members of the church and seeking for them to be restored to the church.
Do you have to be a member to go to church?
No.
We are the ______ of the church?
Body.
How does a church stay pure? What must they practice?
Church discipline.
If church discipline is successful, what does that mean?
It means the sinner has repented and has been restored to the church.
Why is it important for Christians to be members of a local church?
To serve each other and worship one another.
Is every member of the body important?
Yes; each member is important.
Is church discipline an option? Explain.
No, it is commanded in the Bible that we are to practice church discipline.
Where is the Bible can we go to look for the example of church discipline?
Matthew 18.
What does the church do for its members?
Members edify one another with spiritual gifts.
Yes, unrepentant sin is like a poison that affects the whole body.
Why do you think a church would not practice church discipline?
Because they don’t hold to the authority of God’s word. They want to please people and not please God.
Can you explain the three main steps in church discipline?
(1) confront alone, (2) confront with a brother/sister, (3) be confronted in front of the whole church.
Name three of the pictures given in the Bible for Christ’s relationship to the church (for example Christ is the vine and we are the branches).
Shepherd and sheep.
Husband and wife.
1 Corinthians 12:12
For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
What is the word we use for the study of the church?
Ecclesiology.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault, between you and him alone; if he listens to you, you have won your brother.”