Fifty Lessons
On
The Church

by
Norman H. Wells

The Challenge Press

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LESSON                                                                                    PAGE

  1. The Definition of a Church . . 5
  2. The Origin of the Church . . 7
  3. Membership of a Church . . 9
  4. Government of a Church . . 11
  5. The Local Church's Relationship to Other Churches . . . . . . . . 13
      The Organization of a Church:
  6. Part 1. The Head, Administrator and Rule of Faith . . . . . . . . 15
  7. Part 2. The Pastor . . 17
  8. Part 3. The Deacons . . 19
  9. Part 4. Miscellaneous Offices . . 20
      Church Ordinances -- Baptism:
  10. Part 1. The History of Baptism . . 22
  11. Part 2. The Four Requirements of Scriptural Baptism . . . . . . 24
  12. Part 3. The Importance of Baptism . . 26
      Church Ordinances -- The Lord's Supper:
  13. Part 1. History of the Lord's Supper . . 27
  14. Part 2. Purpose of the Lord's Supper . . 29
  15. Part 3. Close [Closed] Communion . . 31
  16. The Mission of the Church . . 33
  17. The Mission of the Church -- Foreign Missions . . 35
  18. The Mission of the Church . . 36
  19. Discipline . . 38
  20. The Ideal Church Member . . 40
  21. Financing the Church -- Tithing . . 42
  22. Financing the Church -- Tithing (Continued) . . 44
  23. Articles of Faith . . 45
  24. Articles of Faith -- Continued . . 49
  25. The Church Covenant . . 54
  26. The Church of the New Testament . . 56
  27. The First Church at Jerusalem . . 58

  1. The Multiplying of the New Testament Churches . . . . . . . . . . 60
  2. The Apostle Paul . . 62
  3. The Age of the Martyrs, 64-108 A.D. . . 64
  4. Persecutions -- 108-235 A.D. . . 66
  5. The Roman Persecutions -- 235-306 A.D. . . 69
  6. The Beginning of Error . . 72
  7. Constantine -- 306 A.D. . . 74
  8. True Churches of First Four Centuries . . 76
  9. The Beginning of the "Dark Ages" . . 79
  10. The Doctrine of Error . . 81
  11. The Inquisition -- 1198-1700 . . 83
  12. The Persecuted . . 85
  13. The Anabaptists . . 88
  14. The Reformation . . 90
  15. The Reformation -- Continued . . 92
  16. The Reformation -- Continued . . 94
  17. The Baptists During the Reformation . . 97
  18. The Baptists During the Reformation -- Continued . . . . . . . . 99
  19. Church History in England . . 102
  20. Church History in the United States . . 104
  21. Early Baptist History in the United States . . 107
  22. The Early Growth of Baptists . . 110
  23. Baptists Today . . 112
  24. Different "Kinds" of Baptists . . 114

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