Monday, 17 December 2018

Lesson 12 (Dec 15-21), Church Organization and Unity

Christ the Head of the Church

  1. Did Paul intend to use the Christ-Church relationship to teach how husbands and wives should relate to each other or vice versa?
  2. How can Christ be literally the head of the church, when obviously humans make all the decisions?
Servant Leadership
  1. Is it practical for a leader to be like a servant? Can a servant be a leader?
  2. Why do humans wish to be leaders in the church? Is it wrong to aspire to church leadership?
Preserving Church Unity
  1. What holds a church denomination together?
  2. How do false leaders bring disunity into the church?
  3. Will forcing compliance bring unity or disunity to the church?
Church Discipline
  1. Why should the church discipline members? For what kinds of things should members be disciplined? 
  2. Is discipline in the church increasing or decreasing? What are reasons for that?
Organizing for Mission
  1. Is the gospel commission given to church administrators, to clergy or to members or different parts apply to different groups?
  2. Are women included in the gospel commission?