The Church as an Institution of Worship
In the following seven entries we find that Christian worship is not an activity of isolated individuals but a function of the corporate life of the church. The place and shape of worship in the New Testament can best be understood against the background of the life of the church as a whole. The church, which offers worship to almighty God and to his Christ, is and has always been a human organization. While from a spiritual standpoint the church bears the unique stamp of its Lord, it may also be described in terms that compare it with other human institutions.…
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Chapters & Articles in The Church as an Institution of Worship (7)
The church is the assembly of the "saints," or holy ones, a people called out of the world by God. The early church…
The organization of the church was relatively fluid throughout the New Testament period. Various offices are mentio…
Although the church had no legitimate status in the Roman world, it was able to evangelize and expand by means of p…
A glimpse of the church's life in the earliest stages is provided in Acts 2:42, which states that the Christians "d…
Like any human organization, the church of the New Testament confronted problems and challenges, some from external…
At the local level, the New Testament church was a house church; Christians met for worship in small groups in the …
Early Christian gatherings for worship included assemblies for the Lord's Supper, for the sharing of spiritual gift…