By Grace Alone

In our Sunday School class we are studing the roots of the group of people called Baptists and last week we started looking at Baptist confessions of faith throughout the years. The first one we are looking at is the Baptist Confession of Faith of 1644 (also know as the 1st London Confession).

This confession was rooted and grounded in Scripture by a group of people know as the Particular Baptists. This group of people feared God and wanted to live and believe according to His Word and not man’s wisdom.

This confession is what they compiled to counteract all the false doctrine being taught in their day. It was also the fist confession advocating baptism by immersion, because up unitl this time people that were called baptists were either sprinkled or poured upon.

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In Flock we are studying What is a Healthy Church by Mark Dever and the 9 Marks Ministry. The lesson from chapter 13 was Biblical Church Leadership. We looked at some of the biblical passages that describe elders and leaders in general. Get the message here:

 

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In Flock we are studying What is a Healthy Church by Mark Dever and the 9 Marks Ministry. The lesson from chapter 12 was on Biblical Discipleship and Growth. It says that we should be working toward church growth as it is prescribed in the Bible. That means growing members, not just numbers. Some people today think that a person can be a “baby Christian” for a whole lifetime. Growth is treated as an optional extra for zealous disciples. But growth is a sign of life. If a tree is alive, it grows. If an animal is alive, it grows. Being alive means growing, and growing means increasing and advancing, at least until death intercedes. This is true discipleship and growth.

 

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In Flock we are studying What is a Healthy Church by Mark Dever and the 9 Marks Ministry. The lesson from chapter 11 was on Biblical Church Discipline. It was a great class with some heavy feedback at the end (which is good) and if makes us think about what has been missing from most evangelical circles for a long time. Here is a great article from Bible.org on church discipline. You can also download this article in Word format here (Church Discipline Article from Bible.Org).

 

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In Flock we are studying What is a Healthy Church by Mark Dever and the 9 Marks Ministry. This weeks lesson was on Biblical Understanding of Church Membership. What a refreshing book to read and hear what you have been preaching for years. I don’t know about other denominations but the Southern Baptist Convention needs to read this chapter. We talked about a need for Integrity in Church Membership and the need to quit playing a numbers game. This is good study and one I would highly recommend.

 

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In Flock we are studying What is a Healthy Church by Mark Dever and the 9 Marks Ministry. This weeks lesson was on Biblical Understanding of Evangelism. What a refreshing chapter to read and hear what we have already experienced in church life in general and evangelism particularly. If you have not read What is a Healthy Church? or its big brother 9 Marks of a Healthy Church I would highly recommend them to any church or ministry seeking to be throughly biblical in thier doctrine and practice.

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