Ecclesiology (Church)

Question 09004 Infant baptism, or paedobaptism, is practised by the majority of the world's Christians, including Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and many Methodists. Given its prevalence, it ...

Question 09017 The differences between Roman Catholic and Protestant churches are not minor variations on a shared theme. They involve fundamental disagreements about the nature of salvation, the authority of ...

Question 09018 The doctrine of apostolic succession is one of the foundational claims of Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and some Anglican ecclesiology. It asserts that the authority of the original ...

Question 09016 The sheer number of Christian denominations is one of the most frequently raised objections to the faith, both by sceptics and by sincere believers who find it troubling ...

Question 09110 The Evangelical Baptist Network is not an old institution. It grew out of a very specific crisis within Baptists Together (the Baptist Union of Great Britain) over the ...

Question 09024 Few pastoral situations are more delicate or more important than the question of what the church should do when a member sins publicly. Get it wrong in one ...

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Question 9009 When a church gathers for the Lord's Supper, who is welcome at the table? This question has led to different practices among churches, often described as "open communion," ...

Question 9006 Alongside baptism, the Lord's Supper is the other ordinance that Jesus gave to His Church. It has been called by various names: the Lord's Supper, Communion, the Eucharist, ...

Question 9007 When the bread and cup are passed at the Lord's Supper, a question naturally arises: who may participate? Is it for everyone present? Only church members? What about ...

Question 9004 Few questions have divided Christians more than the question of infant baptism. Some denominations practise it; others reject it entirely. Some see it as essential for salvation; others ...

Question 9005 Christians baptise in different ways. Some pour water over the head, some sprinkle water, and some immerse the whole body under water. Does it matter which method we ...

Question 9002 The word "church" is thrown around quite loosely today. People talk about "going to church" as if it were simply a building or a Sunday morning activity. But ...

Question 9003 Baptism is one of the two ordinances that Jesus gave to the Church, and yet it has been a source of disagreement among Christians for centuries. One of ...

Question 1135 Few questions generate more heat in contemporary Christianity than the role of women in teaching and preaching. Positions range from complete egalitarianism, where no distinctions exist between men ...

Question 10015 Paul frequently speaks of "mystery" in his epistles, and the mystery of the Church is one of the most significant theological revelations in the New Testament. Understanding this ...

Question 60076 Yinka Oyekan is one of the more visible and genuinely complex figures in contemporary British Baptist life. He is a man of obvious energy, real commitment to evangelism, ...

Question 09111 We live in a consumer culture. Everything is evaluated by what it does for us, how it makes us feel, whether it meets our needs. And tragically, this ...

Question 009112 Paul uses the word "mystery" in a very specific and technical sense that differs from its ordinary usage. When we speak of mysteries today, we typically mean something ...

Question 09113 There is a version of Protestant Christianity that treats Bible interpretation as an entirely private affair between the individual believer and the text, with no mediating role for ...

Question 09014 Baptismal regeneration is the teaching that the act of water baptism itself conveys saving grace and is necessary for the forgiveness of sins and the new birth. It ...

Question 09022 Western Christianity has a persistent individualism problem. The dominant assumption in many evangelical and charismatic contexts is that the believer's relationship with God is a private transaction, and ...

Question 09114 "Touch not my anointed" is quoted with surprising frequency in certain church circles as a warning against criticising or questioning Christian leaders, pastors, or prominent figures. The appeal ...

Question 9109 The church has always struggled to hold two things together: genuine openness to the Spirit's ongoing work in equipping believers with gifts, and the biblical insistence on order, ...

Question 01165 KJV-Onlyism is the conviction that the King James Version of the Bible, published in 1611, is the uniquely preserved and authoritative Word of God in English, and that ...

Question 0027 This question touches on one of the great tensions within the Church today. On one side are those who say doctrine divides and love unites, so we should ...

Question 0028 This is one of the most important questions any believer can ask, and it requires careful thought. Get this wrong in one direction, and you will divide over ...

Question 0025 The book of Acts gives us a snapshot of the earliest Christian community in Jerusalem, immediately after the Day of Pentecost. Three thousand people had just been baptised ...

Question 10013 This question lies at the heart of understanding the Bible's storyline. How we answer it affects how we read prophecy, how we understand God's purposes, and how we ...

Question 9000 See also YouTube video at the end explaining why we should be baptised. Believer's baptism is the baptism by immersion in water of those who have personally trusted ...

Question 0009 The answer is yes... and no. It depends entirely on which doctrines are in view. This is not evasion. It is the consistent witness of Scripture. The New ...

Question 9001 Ecclesiology is the study of the Church. The word comes from the Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklesia), meaning "assembly" or "called-out ones," combined with λόγος (logos), meaning "word" or "study." ...

Question 0002 It is stated as fact and has become a cliché: "Doctrine divides, but love unites." The point is clear; if we would only set aside all our theological ...