WORKBOOK: WHY I AM A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST


Lesson 2

Assignment:   Read section XI, pages 70-77 and section VIII, pages 45-50. Answer the following questions.

    THE UNDENOMINATIONAL NATURE OF THE CHURCH

  1. Did Christ build a denomination?     YES     NO

  2. Were the apostles members of a denomination?     YES     NO

  3. Do you think it is possible or desirable to reproduce the church as it was in the first century?    YES     NO

  4. Do you think it is possible to have undenominational Christianity?     YES     NO
    NOTE: These questions will provoke further discussion in class. Be ready to give reasons for your answer.
  5. Though question:     Read the seventeen points contrasting denominational and undenominational Christianity on pages 70-71. Read the scriptures and consider the points carefully. Are there any with which you disagree?     YES     NO     Are there any you would change?     YES     NO     Are there any points you would add?     YES     NO    







  6. Did the apostles fear that men would drift away from the truth?     YES     NO     Give scripture for your answer.

  7. What name did James O'Kelley and his followers wear when they broke away from the Methodist church?

  8. What did Dr. Abner Jones say should be abolished in denominationalism?







  9. From what denomination did he separate himself?





  10. What point of doctrine or practice caused Chester Bullard to sever his connection with the Methodist church?







  11. Why was he excommunicated?







  12. Read and be able to discuss the "Last Will and Testament" of the Springfield Presbytery on pages 73 and 74. Do you agree with all its points here given?







  13. How long before the coming of Alexander Campbel to America did all of this occur?



  14. Who said: "Where the scriptures speak, we speak; where the scriptures are silent, we are silent?"



  15. From what denomination did the Campbells break away?


  16. Who baptized them?



  17. What scriptural example did they follow in so doing?


  18. On what condition did they join the Redstone Baptist Association?





  19. Where and when did the movements of Stone and Campbell merge into one?







  20. Do you think Campbell intended to begin a new denomination?     YES     NO

  21. Why do you think the movement has been nicknamed "Campbellism?"







  22. Discuss in class Campbell's reply to the question, "What is Campbelism?"







    23. THE UNDENOMINATIONAL RULE OF FAITH

  23. Who, or what, directed the church of the first century?   Read Matthew 16:18,19; John 14:26; John 15:26,27; John 16:13. Cf. 2 Peter 1:21; I Thessalonians 5:27; Colossians 4:16.



  24. What makes you think the Bible is complete and sufficient in and of itself?





  25. Does the Bible claim to be perfect?     YES     NO   Give scripture for your answer.



  26. What do the scripture say concerning those who add to the Bible or take from it, or change it in any way?     Give scripture for your answer.






  27. Is the Bible a denominational book?     YES     NO  

  28. Name three good reasons why you think denominational creeds are wrong.





  29. Memorize:   2 Timothy 3:16,17.





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