OUTLINE

HOW TO ESTABLISH CHURCHES

1.   Desire to seek the Lord.

2.   Lay down traditions.

3.   Word of God is the plumb line.

4.   The importance of brokenness and refining.

5.   Believers Must be Filled, led and empowered by the Spirit

6.   Apply II Timothy 2:2.

7.   Jesus builds His Church.

8.   The presence and preeminence of Christ.

9.   The ekklesia.

10. Church in its simplest form.                                                                         

11. Fellowship and unity of the church.

12. God added to the church.

13. Disciples multiplied

14. Leaders multiplied

15. Water baptism

16. Witnessing was primarily relational

17. Churches grew by multiplication

18. Need for church discipline.

19. Churches were established in different ways.

20. Foundational builders.

21. Plurality of the continuing ongoing leadership.

22. Deacons as servants of the church.

23. Leaders as tentmakers.

24. Giving in the early church.

25. Training of leaders.

26. Church singular and plural.

27. Church gathered and scattered.

28. “Breaking of Bread”

29. Similarities and uniqueness of each church.

30. Apostles’ doctrine.

31. Balance in all teachings.

32. Size of churches.

33. House gatherings assembling together.

34. The most common name for churches.

35. Fruit and Gifts of the Spirit.

36. The structure of the churches.

37. A city/town church relating to one another city/town church.

38. The unity of the whole Body of Christ

39. The church and the kingdom

40. Responding to persecution.