Walking Worthy of Our VocationBible 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. Y/N Yes No
2. I Th. 2:14. There was only one church in Judea. Y/N Yes No
3. Acts 15:41. There were churches in Syria and Cilicia. Y/N Yes No
4. Acts 14:23. Each church had its own elders. Y/N Yes No
5. Acts 20:28. One elder could oversee a church. Y/N Yes No
6. I Pet. 5:1-3. An eldership could oversee several churches. Y/N Yes No
7. I Pet. 5:1-3. An eldership could oversee only one church. Y/N Yes No
8. I Pet. 5:1-3. One eldership can give another eldership part of its responsibility. Y/N Yes No
9. Eph. 4:11,12,16.Pastors (elders) are to oversee the edification of the church. Y/N Yes No
10. II Th. 3:6. Should the church withdraw from the disorderly? Y/N Yes No
11. II Th. 3:6. Can a church send a disorderly member to another church to be withdrawn from? Y/N Yes No
12. Acts 9:26. Can a church refuse a person they believe to be unworthy? Y/N Yes No
13. Acts 9:26. Can a church err in making decisions? Y/N Yes No
14. Acts 9:26. Does each church decide who will be received and who will Not? Y/N Yes No
15. I Cor. 5:1-5. Did the church at Corinth keep an unworthy man in its fellowship? Y/N Yes No
16. III John 9. One man may not scripturally rule a church. Y/N Yes No
17. III John 9. One man may scripturally rule a church. Y/N Yes No
18. III John 9,10. Did Diotrephes refuse worthy people? Y/N Yes No
19. Ac. 20:7. Did the brethren at Troas oversee the worship and work at Troas? Y/N Yes No
20. Ac. 20:7. Must each church guard itself against false doctrine? Y/N Yes No
21. I Cor. 5:1-5. The churches in Macedonia were to deliver the sinner to satan. Y/N Yes No
22. I Cor. 5:1-5. The church in Corinth was to deliver the sinner to satan. Y/N Yes No
23. I Cor. 11:17-22. The church in Cenchrea should correct the problem in Corinth. Y/N Yes No
24. I Cor. 11:23-34. The church in Corinth corrected itself with instruction from Paul. Y/N Yes No
25. II Cor. 11:8,9. Churches sent money to another church to preach the gospel. Y/N Yes No
26. II Cor. 11:8,9. Churches sent wages directly to the preacher. Y/N Yes No
27. Acts 11:27-30. Brethren sent benevolent relief to other churches so they could do a work in another place. Y/N Yes No
28. Acts 11:27-30. Brethren at Antioch sent benevolent funds to the elders so the elders could relieve needy saints among them. Y/N Yes No
29. Acts 11:27-30. Antioch sent relief to Judea because of a dearth. Y/N Yes No
30. Acts 11:27-30. Did the brethren in Judea create this need? Y/N Yes No
31. I Cor. 16:2. The treasury of a church grows through the Lord's Day contribution. Y/N Yes No
32. Acts 11:27-30. A church treasury may grow by reception of benevolent funds. Y/N Yes No
33. II Cor. 11:8,9. A church may send wages to a preacher. Y/N Yes No
34. Acts 11:27-30. A church may send benevolent funds to a church in need. Y/N Yes No
35. I Tim. 3:15. A human institution is the pillar and ground of the truth. Y/N Yes No
36. Ac. 6:1-6. The Jerusalem church sent its needy widows to another church to be cared for. Y/N Yes No
37. Ac. 6:1-6. The Jerusalem church took care of its own needy widows. Y/N Yes No
38. I Tim. 3:15. The church is sufficient to do the work God gave it to do. Y/N Yes No
REVIEW:
1. Does God intend for each church to have its own overseers (elders)? Y/N Yes No
2. Do the elders oversee everything a church does? Y/N Yes No
3. Can the elders surrender any part of their oversight to another eldership? Y/N Yes No
4. Is the congregation sufficient to do everything God requires it to do? Y/N Yes No
5. List two ways a church might violate the principle of congregational autonomy. (1) (2)