Test 2/3: Need for Organization

Question 1

Reasons for officially organizing:

Answer 1

• Rapid growth in the number of believers
• Official certification of pastors
• Financial support of pastors
• Legal issues with property ownership

Question 2

Reasons for not officially organizing:

Answer 2

• The disfellowshipping that the Millerites had had to go through because of their belief in a soon return of Jesus
• They didn’t want to become like Babylon (let us make a name for ourselves)
• Broken and sad from great disappointment