Church Doctrine

Question 1

How do you know that you are saved?

Answer 1

The book of Romans 10:9-10 states: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead then you will be saved.

Question 2

What is an ordinance?

Answer 2

An ordinance is the outward rites that we practice in obedience to the commands of Jesus Christ.

Question 3

What is an article of faith?

Answer 3

An article of faith is a statement regarding God that we believe to be true against biblical witness.

Question 4

What do ordinances and articles together create?

Answer 4

Ordinances and articles together create doctrine.

Question 5

What is a doctrine?

Answer 5

A doctrine is an authoritative group of beliefs about God and related concepts.

Question 6

What are two ordinances of the church?

Answer 6

Two ordinances of the church are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Question 7

What kind of ordinance is baptism?

Answer 7

Baptism is an ordinance of obedience.

Question 8

What kind of ordinance is The Lord’s Supper?

Answer 8

The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of remembrance.

Question 9

What are the items used in administering the Lord’s Supper?

Answer 9

The items used in administering the Lord’s Supper are bread, which is symbolic of Christ’s broken body and wine which is symbolic of His shed blood.

Question 10

Why do we baptize by immersion?

Answer 10

Throughout Biblical history baptsim was done in bodies of water and we baptize in the same manner as Christ.

Question 11

Why do we baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost?

Answer 11

The three are one. Christ commanded that we baptize in this manner.

Question 12

What word proves to us that Jesus commanded baptism by immersion?

Answer 12

The word baptizo proves to us that Jesus commanded baptism by immersion because baptize means to immerse.

Question 13

How did the concept of sprinkling come about?

Answer 13

Sprinkling also know as aspersion began because of the inability to immerse those who were weak, sick, or physically unable to be immersed.

Question 14

Explain the seeming contradiction between Peter’s command and Jesus’ command concerning baptism.

Answer 14

The seeming contradiction of Jesus and Peter’s command concerning Baptism was because Jesus said to be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost and Peter said to be baptized in the name of Jesus. Peter was emphasizing that Jesus was the Son of God in which Jesus earlier referred to.

Question 15

What should be said at baptism?

Answer 15

At the baptism we should say “In obedience to the great commission an upon the confession of your faith I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Question 16

What are the tables?

Answer 16

The tables are the poor, the church, and the pastor.

Question 17

Why do Christians not observe the Jewish Sabbath and hold the Christian Sabbath on the first day of the week?

Answer 17

Christian observe the Sabbath on the first day of the week versus the Jewish sabbath because we are under the new covenant of grace and we worship on what is equivalent to the first day of our Lord’s resurrection. Whereas the Jews worshipped under the law on the last day of the week representing completion.

Question 18

What is the definition of a leader?

Answer 18

A leader is one who is put in a position of authority and is willing to serve others. Mt 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Question 19

What are the two scriptural offices of the church?

Answer 19

The scriptural offices of the church are Bishop, or Pastor, and also Deacon.

Question 20

What are the biblical qualifications for Bishop or Pastor?

Answer 20

The biblical qualifications for Bishop or Pastor are that they must be above reproach, having only one wife, temperate self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his family well, can’t be a new convert, and he must also have a good reputation with outsiders.

Question 21

What are the biblical qualifications for a deacon?

Answer 21

The biblical qualifications for a deacon are that they have to be worthy of respect, sincere, not drunkards, not pursuing dishonest gain, holding deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience, they must be tested, having only one wife, and able to manage their homes.

Question 22

What is the process for choosing a deacon?

Answer 22

They chose men who were full of the Spirit and wisdom, and full of faith.

Question 23

Who was the first deacon?

Answer 23

Stephen was the first deacon.

Question 24

What is the goal of preaching?

Answer 24

The goal of preaching is to save souls.

Question 25

What is the goal of teaching?

Answer 25

The goal of teaching is to edify the saints.

Question 26

What are the four elements of worship?

Answer 26

The four elements of worship are preaching, praying, giving, and singing.

Question 27

What is a unilateral promise?

Answer 27

A unilateral promise is a promise with no conditions attached.

Question 28

What is a conditional promise?

Answer 28

A conditional promise is a promise in which God requires something from us to fulfill His promise.

Question 29

What is the gospel?

Answer 29

The gospel is the good news concerning Jesus Christ; that He lived, died, and was risen from the grave that we might have everlasting life.`

Question 30

What is the incarnational ministry?

Answer 30

The incarnational ministry is the ministry that comes directly from God manifested in the flesh. They personify the likeness of God in character.

Question 31

What is the Baptist church?

Answer 31

The Baptist Church is a body of reborn persons baptized by immersion on a profession of faith in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. They are governed by His word, observing His ordinance and walking in fellowship with Him.

Question 32

What are the three modes of membership in a Baptist church?

Answer 32

The three modes of membership are Profession of Faith (baptism), Christian Experience, and letter.

Question 33

What are the three ways of dismissal?

Answer 33

The three ways of dismissal are letter, exclusion, and death.

Question 34

What does a member owe the church?

Answer 34

The members of the church owe to the church their voluntary service.

Question 35

What is required of trustees?

Answer 35

Trustees are required to oversee the financial and legal affairs of the church.

Question 36

What is restoration?

Answer 36

Restoration is bringing back into the fellowship a member who repents and discontinues the offense.

Question 37

What is a church covenant?

Answer 37

A church covenant is a promise that we make to God, the church, and ourselves.