Page Summary: Biblical studies on Ecclesiology, doctrine of the Church, Articles of Faith, Abusive churches, altar call, invitation, attendance, authority, bus ministries, church conflicts, deacons, definition, discipleship, evangelism, fellowship, communion, growth, independence, autonomous local church, indigenous church, ordinances, sacraments, baptism, Lord's Supper, Communion, Marks, Finding, Membership, Ministry, missions, name, denomination, pastoral ministry, pastors, bishops, elders, church planting, church polity, church government, preaching, revival, Sunday School, Tithes, offerings, stewardship, giving, universal church, local church, worship, music.

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37 Ecclesiology (The Doctrine of the Church)

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37.00 General Works on the Church    <top of page>

Abrams, Cooper - Biblical Basis of the NT Church (a) 145K (17 pages). 
Bounds - The Devil and the Church
Lloyd-Jones, Martin - Church, Last Things 1.2MB (b) (292 pages)
Richard E. Bacon - Ecclesiology, A Pattern in the Heavens,

Simmons, Thomas - Systematic Study of Bible Doctrine#The Doctrine of the Church
The Church on the Threshold - Numerous studies on the church

37.01 Sample Articles of Faith  <top of page>
 

37.02 Abusive Churches  <top of page>
 

37.03 Altar Call, Invitation (See also 34.08 Soteriology, Invitations)  <top of page>

AWANA - Scriptural Evaluation of Invitations 78K (4 pages)
Deneff, Steve - In defense of the altar call 22K (4 pages)
Drury, Keith - Is it time to drop the altar call 14K (3 pages)
Keller, Scott - Inviting Jesus 135K (6 pages)
Zaspel - Altar Call Harmful or Helpful 180K (b) (See also 37.03 34.08) (16 pages)  
 

37.04 Attendance  <top of page>

Lee, Robert (1804-1868) - Address to People who seldom or never go to Church (1837) flipbook
Hutchison, James Patterson - Our Obligations to the Day of Rest and Worship (1916) flipbook

37.05 Authority  <top of page>
 

37.06 Bus Ministries  <top of page>
 

37.07 Church Conflicts  <top of page>

Newton - On Controversy
Schwertley - Conflict Resolution in the Church: A Study of Matthew 18:15-16

37.08 Deacons  <top of page>

Simmons, Thomas - Systematic Study of Bible Doctrine#The Deaconship
 

37.09 Definition of what is a Church  <top of page>
 

37.10 Discipleship  <top of page>
 

37.11 Evangelism  <top of page>

Bing, Charles - How to share the Gospel Clearly 82K (12 pages)

37.12 Fellowship  <top of page>
 

37.13 Church Growth  <top of page>

Lin, Timothy (page) - God's Presence with us, what causes churches to Grow (a) 32K (8 pages)
Murphy - The Church Growth Movement

37.14 Autonomy, Independence  <top of page>
 

37.15 Ordinances, Sacraments <top of page>

Note: What is the difference between an Ordinance and a Sacrament? The two terms are not synonymous. An ordinance is a simple command that Christians do in order to be obedient. Obedient has its advantages, but they are not always apparent, or so strongly visible. A sacrament is something that a person does with the idea that God communicates grace to that individual for doing that sacrament. Roman Catholics take Mass (communion) as a sacrament in order to get grace to be saved. Sacraments are highly involved in works based religions.

Hodge, A.A. - Outlines#Sacraments

See also 82.05 Sacraments for more discussions of what other groups consider sacraments or ordinances.
 

37.15.01 Water Baptism  <top of page> see 34.02.01 Water Baptism

Ames, William - Biography & Works#Baptism
Hodge, A.A. - Outlines#Baptism: its Nature and Design, Mode, Subjects, Efficacy and Necessity
Simmons, Thomas - Systematic Study of Bible Doctrine#The Doctrine of Baptism
 

37.15.02 Lord's Supper, Communion  <top of page>

Hodge, A - The Presence of Christ at the Lord's Supper
Hodge, C - An Overview of The Lord's Supper
James, John - Lord's Supper (s) 40K (11 pages)
Ptacek - Children and the Lord's Supper
Graves, James Robinson - Inercommunion: Inconsistent, Unscriptural, and Productive of Evil
Ryle - The Lord's Supper

Hodge, A.A. - Outlines#The Lord's Supper
Hodge, A.A. - Outlines#The CONSENSUS TIGURINUS -- written by Calvin, 1549, for the purpose of unitng all branches of the Reformed Church in a Common Doctrine as to the Lord's Supper
Simmons, Thomas - Systematic Study of Bible Doctrine#The Lord's Supper

37.16 Marks of a Biblical Church, Finding a biblical Church  <top of page>
 

37.17 Church Membership  <top of page>

James, John - Duties of Church Members (s) 32K (9 pages)

37.18 Ministry  <top of page>

Alexander - Letters to Young Ministers - On Devotion to the Work of the Ministry
Alexander - Letters to Young Ministers - The Cultivation of Personal Piety
Lindsay, Thomas M. - Church and the Ministry in the Early Centuries
Bridges - The Christian Ministry - The Divine Origin and Institution of the Christian Ministry
Bridges - The Christian Ministry - The Dignity of the Christian Ministry
Bridges - The Christian Ministry - The Uses and Necessity of the Christian Ministry
Bridges - The Christian Ministry - The Trials and Difficulties of the Christian Ministry
Bridges - The Christian Ministry - The Comforts and Encouragements of the Christian Ministry
Bridges - The Christian Ministry - The Qualifications of the Christian Ministry
Furman, Richard - On the Duty of Churches to provide for Instruction and Improvement of persons called in the Ministry

Ames, William - Biography & Works#The Extraordinary Ministers of the Church

37.19 Missions  <top of page>

Wholesomewords.org (Landmark Baptist, Baptist Bride) - For Children, Missions, Christian Biographies and works, (Bliss, Brainerd, Bunyan, Cambridge Seven, Carey, Chalmers, Chapman, Fanny Crosby, DeHaan, Christmas Evans, John Geddie, James Gilmour, Ginsburg, Goforth, Oliver B Greene, Grenfell, Havergal, Matthew Henry, Ironside, Judson, Livingstone, McCheyne, Mackay, Mackintosh, Marsden, Moffat, Moody, Müller, Newton, Nott, Paton, JR Rice, Sankey, Slessor, Smith, Spurgeon, Sunday, Taylor, Torrey, Tyndale, Watts, Wesley, Walter Wilson, Whittle, Wolston, Wycliffe, many links to other sites)

37.20 Name of the Church, Denomination  <top of page>

37.21 Pulpit Committee (Pastor Selection)

McAlpine, Charles Alonzo (1874-1945) - The pulpit committee (c1917) flipbook

37.22 Pastoral Ministry  <top of page>

Abbott, Lyman (1835-1922) - The Christian ministry (1905) flipbook
Clifford, John (1836-1923) - The pulpit and human life; or, The minister as the interpreter and spiritual leader of human life. (1890) flipbook
Cunningham, William (1849-1919) - The cure of souls (1908) flipbook
Faunce, William Herbert Perry (1859-1930) - The educational ideal in the ministry (1919) flipbook
Gladden, Washington (1836-1918) - The Christian pastor and the working church (1901) flipbook
Ide, George Barton (1804-1872) - The ministry demanded by the present crisis (1845) flipbook
Jowett, John Henry (1864-1923) - The preacher, his life and work (1912) flipbook
McAfee, Cleland Boyd (1866-1944) - Ministerial practices, some fraternal suggestions (1928) flipbook
McDowell, William Fraser (1858-1937) - Good ministers of Jesus Christ (c1917) flipbook
Murray, Nicholas (1802-1861) - Preachers and preaching (1860) flipbook
Pattison, Thomas Harwood (1838-1904) - For the work of the ministry; for the classroom, the study and the street (1907) flipbook
Rogers, Clement Francis (b1866) - Pastoral theology and the modern world (1920) flipbook
Taylor, William Mackergo (1829-1895) - The ministry of the Word (pref. 1876) flipbook
Townsend, Luther Tracy (1838-1922) - The sword and the garment (1874) flipbook
Winslow, Octavius - The Man of God (b) 273K (92 pages)
Winslow, Octavius - The Nightingale Song of David Psalm 23 (b) 259K (95 pages)
Wynne, Frederick R - The joy of the ministry; an endeavour to increase the efficiency and deepen the happiness of pastoral work (1887) flipbook
Willcox, Giles Buckingham (1826-1922) - The pastor amidst his flock (c1890) flipbook
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924) - The minister and the community (1912) flipbook

See also 51 Homiletics.

37.23 Ministerial Ethics

Alexander, Archibald Browning Drysdale (1855-1931) - The ethics of St. Paul (1910) flipbook
Mueller, Frederick Ferdinand, (b1904) - Ethical dilemmas of ministers (1937) flipbook

General Works on Ethics

Alexander, Archibald Browning Drysdale (1855-1931) - Christianity and ethics, a handbook of Christian ethics (1914) flipbook
Barbour, George Freeland, (b1882) - A philosophical study of Christian ethics (1911) flipbook
Clark, Henry William (1869-1949) - The Christian method of ethics (c1908) flipbook
Dorner, Isaac August - System of Christian Ethics (1887) flipbook
Hall, Thomas Cuming (1858-1936) - History of ethics within organized Christianity (1910) flipbook
Haring (Häring), Theodor von (1848-1928) - The ethics of the Christian life (1909) flipbook
Harless, Gottlieb Christoph Adolf Von (1806-1879) - System of Christian ethics (1868) flipbook
Lazarus, Moritz (1824-1903) - The ethics of Judaism v1 (1900) flipbook
Lazarus, Moritz (1824-1903) - The ethics of Judaism v2 (1900) flipbook
Luthardt, Christoph Ernst (1823-1902) - History of Christian ethics v1 (1889) flipbook
Mackintosh, Robert (1858-1933) - Christian ethics (1909) flipbook
Martensen, Hans (1808-1884) - Christian ethics v1 (1891) flipbook
Martensen, Hans (1808-1884) - Christian ethics v2 (1891) flipbook
Murray, John Clark (1836-1917) - A handbook of Christian ethics (1908) flipbook
Rashdall, Hastings (1858-1924) - Conscience & Christ: six lectures on Christian ethics (1916) flipbook
Ross, John Elliot (1884-1946) - Christian ethics : a textbook of right living (c1919) flipbook
Smythe, Newman (1843-1925) - Christian ethics (1892) flipbook
Strong, Thomas Banks (1861-1944) - Christian ethics eight lectures (1896) flipbook
Wuttke, Adolf (1819-1870) - Christian ethics v1 (1873) flipbook
Wuttke, Adolf (1819-1870) - Christian ethics v2 (1873) flipbook

37.24 Pastors, Bishops, Elders  <top of page>

Alexander, Eric - Biblical View of Eldership (a) 246K (10 pages). 
Brennan - Biblical Eldership (b) 1.5MB (132 pages)  
Hodge - What is Presbyterianism Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Oxenden, Ashton (1808-1892) - The pastoral office, its duties, difficulties, privileges, and prospects (1800s) flipbook
Watson - The Duties and Qualifications of Ruling Elders:  Part I Part II

Simmons, Thomas - Systematic Study of Bible Doctrine#The Office of Bishop

37.25 Church Planting  <top of page>

See website author's (David Cox) Church Planter's Page

37.26 Church Polity, Church Government  <top of page>

Alexander, Joseph Addison (1809-1860) - Essays on Primitive Church Offices flipbook (1851)
Bartlet, James Vernon - (1863-1940) - The Apostolic Age, Its Life, Doctrine, Worship, and Polity flipbook (1899)
Ballou, Adin (1803-1890) - Primitive Christianity and its corruptions flipbook (1870)
Ballou, Adin (1803-1890) - Primitive Christianity and its corruptions v3 flipbook (1870)
Barnes, Albert (1798-1870) - Inquiry into Organization and Government of Apostolic Church flipbook (1855)
Bilson, Thomas (1546-1616) - Perpetual Government of Christ's Church flipbook (1842)
Coleman, Lyman (1796-1882) - Apostolic and Primitive Church, Popular in its Government, simple in its worship flipbook (1844)
Dagg, John Leadley - A Treatise on Church Order
Davidson, Samuel (1806-1898) - Ecclesiastical Polity of NT unfolded, points of coincidence or disagreement with prevailing Systems indicated flipbook (1865)
Fisher, Frederick Bohn (1882-1938) - The Way to Win, Successful Methods in the Local Church flipbook (1915)
Harnack, Adolf von (1851-1930) - Constitution and Law of Church in first Two Centuries flipbook (1910)
Harvey, Hezekiah (1821-1893) - The Church, Its Polity and Ordinances flipbook (1879)
Hatch, Edwin (1835-1889) - Organization of Christian Churches flipbook (1882)
Hodge, Charles (1797-1878) - The Church and Its Polity flipbook (1879)
Hooker, Richard (1553-1600) - Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity vol 1 flipbook (1907)
Hooker, Richard (1553-1600) - Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity vol 2 flipbook (1907)
Hooker, Richard (1553-1600) - Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity vol 5 flipbook (1907)
Hooker, Richard (1553-1600) - Law of Ritualism flipbook (1876)
Killen, William Dool (1806-1902) - Old Catholic Church, History, Doctrine, Worship, and Polity of Christians traced from Apostolic age to Establishment of Pope as a temporal sovereign AD 755 flipbook (1871)
McGill, Alexander Taggart (1807-1899) - Church Government flipbook (1888)
Miller, Alexander - An Essay on Church Government flipbook (1801)
Moran, William - Government of the Church in First Century flipbook (1913)
Reynolds, James Lawrence (1814-1877) - Church Polity, Kingdom of Christ internal and External Development flipbook (1849)
Satterlee, Henry Yates (1843-1908) - NT Churchmanship and the Principles upon which it was founded flipbook (1899)
Seabury, William Jones (1837-1916) - An Introduction to Study of Ecclesiastical Polity flipbook (1894)
Stark, J. Carroll (1830-1908) - The King and His Kingdom flipbook (1902)
Taylor, Isaac (1787-1865) - Spiritual Despotism flipbook (1835)
Viola, Frank A - Rethinking the Wine Skin, The Practice of the NT Church 647K (b) (105 pages)
Williamson, Robert - Church Government and Church Questions flipbook (1869)
Wilson, James Patriot (1769-1830) - Primitive government of Christian Churches flipbook (1833)

37.27 Preaching  <top of page>

See 51 Homiletics

37.28 Revival  <top of page>

James, John - Church in Earnest (b) 795K (299 pages) 1844
Winslow, Octavius - Personal Declension and Revival of Religion in the Soul (b) 368K (119 pages)

37.29 Sunday School  <top of page>

James, John - Sunday School Teachers Guide (b) 264K (88 pages) 1816
Lin, Timothy (page) - How to illustrate your Sunday School Lesson (a) 20K (4 pages)

37.30 Tithes, Offerings, Giving, and Stewardship  <top of page>

Pink, Arthur (Pink Page) - Tithing (a) 117K (13 pages)

37.31 Universal versus Local  <top of page>

Doran - Importance of the Local Church (a) (2 pages)

37.32 Women in Ministry and leadership  <top of page>

Simmons, Thomas - Systematic Study of Bible Doctrine#The Place of Women in the Church
David Cox -  Women Preachers: Biblical or Not?
Durand & McCormack - A Biblical Look at the Ordination of Women
Dabney - The Public Preaching of Women
Evans - What Women Can Do in the Church

37.33 Worship  <top of page>

Allen - Worship
Armstrong - The Contemporary Church
Calvin - The Scriptural Rule of Worship
Knox - John Knox on Discussion in the Assembly
MacKenize - Church Worship
Martyr - Justin Martyr on Congregational Worship in the Ancient Church
Owens - The Worship Service: A Hindrance Or A Highway For Revival
 

37.34 Music  <top of page>

Dr. Noah Akstugrynd  - The Great Hymn Controversy

37.35 Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers.

Culver - Apostles And The Apostolate In The New Testament

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