Walking Worthy of Our Vocation
Bible Study Course

Lesson Two: Congregational Autonomy

Read each scripture reference, study the question, and then mark the correct answer.

1. Rom. 16:16. There were churches of Christ.

2. I Th. 2:14. There was only one church in Judea.

3. Acts 15:41. There were churches in Syria and Cilicia.

4. Acts 14:23. Each church had its own elders.

5. Acts 20:28. One elder could oversee a church.

6. I Pet. 5:1-3. An eldership could oversee several churches.

7. I Pet. 5:1-3. An eldership could oversee only one church.

8. I Pet. 5:1-3. One eldership can give another eldership part of its responsibility.

9. Eph. 4:11,12,16.Pastors (elders) are to oversee the edification of the church.

10. II Th. 3:6. Should the church withdraw from the disorderly?

11. II Th. 3:6. Can a church send a disorderly member to another church to be withdrawn from?

12. Acts 9:26. Can a church refuse a person they believe to be unworthy?

13. Acts 9:26. Can a church err in making decisions?

14. Acts 9:26. Does each church decide who will be received and who will Not?

15. I Cor. 5:1-5. Did the church at Corinth keep an unworthy man in its fellowship?

16. III John 9. One man may not scripturally rule a church.

17. III John 9. One man may scripturally rule a church.

18. III John 9,10. Did Diotrephes refuse worthy people?

19. Ac. 20:7. Did the brethren at Troas oversee the worship and work at Troas?

20. Ac. 20:7. Must each church guard itself against false doctrine?

21. I Cor. 5:1-5. The churches in Macedonia were to deliver the sinner to satan.

22. I Cor. 5:1-5. The church in Corinth was to deliver the sinner to satan.

23. I Cor. 11:17-22. The church in Cenchrea should correct the problem in Corinth.

24. I Cor. 11:23-34. The church in Corinth corrected itself with instruction from Paul.

25. II Cor. 11:8,9. Churches sent money to another church to preach the gospel.

26. II Cor. 11:8,9. Churches sent wages directly to the preacher.

27. Acts 11:27-30. Brethren sent benevolent relief to other churches so they could do a work in another place.

28. Acts 11:27-30. Brethren at Antioch sent benevolent funds to the elders so the elders could relieve needy saints among them.

29. Acts 11:27-30. Antioch sent relief to Judea because of a dearth.

30. Acts 11:27-30. Did the brethren in Judea create this need?

31. I Cor. 16:2. The treasury of a church grows through the Lord's Day contribution.

32. Acts 11:27-30. A church treasury may grow by reception of benevolent funds.

33. II Cor. 11:8,9. A church may send wages to a preacher.

34. Acts 11:27-30. A church may send benevolent funds to a church in need.

35. I Tim. 3:15. A human institution is the pillar and ground of the truth.

36. Ac. 6:1-6. The Jerusalem church sent its needy widows to another church to be cared for.

37. Ac. 6:1-6. The Jerusalem church took care of its own needy widows.

38. I Tim. 3:15. The church is sufficient to do the work God gave it to do.

REVIEW:

1. Does God intend for each church to have its own overseers (elders)?

2. Do the elders oversee everything a church does?

3. Can the elders surrender any part of their oversight to another eldership?

4. Is the congregation sufficient to do everything God requires it to do?

5. List two ways a church might violate the principle of congregational autonomy.
(1)
(2)