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What About Church Buildings?

Explore the biblical authority, financial implications, and limited use of church buildings. Reflect on the diversion of resources and the distinction between general and specific authority in this thought-provoking discussion.

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What About Church Buildings?

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  1. What AboutChurch Buildings?

  2. Recent Email Query • Hi Brother, • I was wondering if in the light of the example of the New Testament of only using buildings that are “free for use” (i.e. The temple in Acts 2-7) and then members’ homes (Rom. 16:15; 1 Cor. 16:19; Col. 4:15 and Phile. 2) if we all haven’t made a huge mistake – the belief that we can build “church buildings” at all.

  3. Recent Email Query • This practice diverts millions of dollars away from the Lord’s command to “go into all the world and preach the gospel” toward our personal “creature comfort” and the fallacy that this building is somehow “sacrosanct” and can’t be used for this or that purpose. • Thanks for any comments you might have on this subject. God bless you, J. G.

  4. What about Church Buildings? • The Issue of Bible Authority • Commands • Examples • Inferences • The Issue of Cost • Property • Personnel • The Issue of Limited Use • Secular • Spiritual

  5. Conclusion • Let us distinguish between general and specific authority, recognizing the encompassing nature of the former, and the restrictive nature of the latter. • Let us also distinguish between doctrine and opinion, allowing liberty in areas of judgment, while demanding conformity to the divinely-revealed pattern.

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