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The Local church.

The local church is God’s people in a given geographic location who have banded themselves together to constitute the local church and to perform the work assigned to the local church (Acts 9: 26). Hence, we read of the “church of God which is at Corinth” (I Cor. 1: 2).

 

Unlike the church universal, the local church has geographic location, organization, and work (I Tim. 3: 15, see vss. 1-14). The baptized believer who is walking in the light must “join” the local church (Acts 9: 26, 27).

Each local church is to have “Bishops…and deacons” (Phili. 1″ 1, Acts 14: 23). These men must meet certain qualifications (I Tim. 3: 1-13, Tit. 1: 5-11, the pastoral system of government is not taught in the New Testament).

The church Jesus built knew nothing of governing boards or overseeing churches. Man later introduced these innovations. Each local church was autonomous or self-governing (Acts 14: 23, I Pet. 5: 1-3, )

Source: http://www.bibletruths.net/archives/BTARO32.htm

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