Today God's people continue living by faith; feeding the poor, and laying hands on the sick, seeking any small opportunity to tell people about their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the good news of God's kingdom.
The apostles understood God's purpose for the Church. This is why the churches they established in the first century were glorious expressions of Christ's body on the earth. Today there is much disagreement over how local assemblies are to be structured. But we believe The Bible spells out in clear and unambiguous terms the structure of the local assemblies established by the apostles. We also believe that God is now calling His people to recognize the apostolic pattern and begin transitioning the local assemblies into it. For this to happen, however, believers will have to understand exactly what the biblical pattern is and how to transition from where they are today to that pattern. Our purpose in establishing this website is to provide those who sincerely want to build according to the biblical pattern with a centralized location for obtaining material on the themes discussed in our book The Glorious Church. We also want to provide a forum where people can ask questions, raise issues, and engage in healthy discussion on these themes. Our hope is that God's people will begin to study the biblical pattern and pray about taking steps, as God makes the way, toward transitioning into a more biblical church structure.
As localized expressions of the body of Christ, every assembly is responsible for submitting to Jesus as its Head and allowing Him to direct the life of the body. He is the builder of His Church. But Jesus only builds according to His plan. This is why His laborers must take heed how they build, for "unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it" (Psalms 127:1). This gives rise to the question of church polity; that is, what is the structure of oversight and ministry within a local apostolic assembly? Is there a specific form of church structure God has established and requires His people to follow? Or do His people have latitude in how a local assembly is structured? While the New Testament does not present church polity in a progression of explicit instructions, it does reveal a specific structure through a variety of patterns and examples. We believe that every assembly should be continually examining its polity and making whatever adjustments are necessary to align itself with the polity revealed in the New Testament. This polity can be summarized by the following principles:
When a local assembly is built according to the polity exemplified by Paul and the other apostles, the following statements become true and operative: Jesus Christ is the pastor/shepherd of the local assembly.He provides oversight through the elders.He equips the believers through apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers.He provides personal shepherding through the home groups. He provides practical service through the deacons.
2.3 million people
They follow Islam. Isn't it obvious xD
hinduism
jedi
The people who follow Judaism are called Jews.
About 2 billion.
They like to do their own stuff and not follow somebody else
about 1 percent of the world.
There are about 1.6 billion Muslims in the world.
approximately 2,700,000 people follow Taoism
By spreading the gossipal and show people who God is and follow him, and worship him.
IS but mainly to only those people that follow that religion.