Church Flashcards
What are definitions about the Church?
- Body of Christ - 1 Corinthians 12:12-26
- Bride of Christ - Ephesians 5:31-32
- Fellowship of Believers - Acts 2:42-47
- Branches of the vine of Jesus - John 15:1-8
What is a key verse about the definition of the Church?
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.”
1 Corinthians 12:27
“Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.”
What are purposes of the Church?
- Worship - Colossians 3:16-17
- Fellowship - Hebrews 10:24-25
- Giving - 2 Corinthians 8-9
- Serving - 1 Peter 4:9-11
- Equipping/Maturing fellow believers- Ephesians 4:11-16
What are ordinances of the Church?
- Baptism - Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:38-41
- Communion - 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
What is a key verse about Purpose of the Church?
Ephesians 4:11-16
“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
What is a key verse about Baptism?
Matthew 28:19
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”
What is a key verse about Communion?
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
“For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for[f] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”[g] 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”
What is the Mission of the Church?
Making disciples
Matthew 28:18-20
“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
