Baptist Doctrine
In
One YearBased on Pendleton's Church Manual By
M. L. Moser, Sr.THE CHALLENGE PRESS
P. O. Box 25848 Little Rock, Arkansas 72221
[ISBN: 0-86645-000-9]
TABLE OF CONTENTS Lesson Page
Preface . . 7
Introduction . . 9- Nature of a Church . . 11
- Moral Qualifications for Church Membership . . [14]
- Ceremonial Qualifications for Church Membership . . . . . . . . . [18]
- How to Constitute a Church Today . . 21
- How Members Are Received Into a Church . . 24
- How Membership Ceases in a Church . . 29
- Pastor of a Church: Qualification and Duties . . 31
- The Authority of Pastors . . 35
- The Deacons of a Church: Qualifications . . 38
- The Deacons of a Church: Duties . . 41
- Other Officers of a Church . . 44
- Doctrines of a Church. Need of Articles of Faith . . 47
- What Baptists Believe About the Bible . . 50
- What Baptists Believe About the True God . . 53
- What Baptists Believe About the Fall of Man . . 55
- What Baptists Believe About the Way of Salvation . . 57
- What Baptists Believe About Justification . . 59
- What Baptists Believe About the Freeness of Salvation . . . . . 61
- What Baptists Believe About Grace in Regeneration . . 63
- What Baptists Believe About Repentance & Faith . . 65
- What Baptists Believe About God's Purpose of Grace . . 67
- What Baptists Believe About Sanctification . . 69
- What Baptists Believe About the Perseverance of the Saints . 71
- What Baptists Believe about the Harmony of the
Law and the Gospel . . 73- What Baptists Believe About a Gospel Church . . 75
- What Baptists Believe About Baptism and the Lord's Supper 77
- What Baptists Believe About Sunday . . 80
- What Baptists Believe About Civil Government . . 82
- What Baptists Believe About the Final State of the
Righteous and of the Wicked . . 84- What Baptists Believe About the World to Come . . 86
- The Baptist Church Covenant . . 89
- Baptism. Part One: The Act of Baptism . . 92
- Baptism. Part Two: The Subject of Baptism . . 100
- The Lord's Supper. Part One . . 108
- The Lord's Supper. Part Two . . 111
- The Government of a Church . . 116
- The Independency of a Church . . 119
- The Independency of a Church (Same as 37) . . 119
- Reception, Exclusion, and Registration of Members . . . . . . . 131
- The Transaction of Church Business . . 135
- The Right of the Majority to Rule . . 138
- The Discipline of a Church . . 143
- How Excluded Members Are to Be Treated . . 158
- Duties Church Members Owe Each Other . . 162
- Duties Church Members Owe the World. Part One . . 166
- Duties Church Members Owe the World. Part Two . . 170
- God's Plan of Church Finance . . 175
- The Baptist Name . . 181
- Baptist History . . 186
- Baptist Cooperation . . 199
- Baptists and Other Denominations . . 207
- Our Church Last Year: Our Church Next Year . . 211
APPENDIX Quotations Proving Baptist Antiquity . . 212
Orthodox Baptist Confession of Faith . . 221
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