Church (Local) Tasks

• The local church "sounded forth" the word of the Lord in its own and adjacent regions (I Thessalonians 1:8)
• It taught its members to edify them (Acts 20:28)
• Its members worship together (I Corinthians 14:26; 11:17-34; 10:16-17)
• It supported preachers at home and abroad, sending directly to their needs (I Corinthians 9:14; Acts 11:22; Philippians 4:15-16)
• It provided relief for its local members (Acts 4:32-35)
• When sister churches were destitute it sent directly to their necessity (Acts 11:27-30)