{"id":65192,"date":"2023-12-29T16:32:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T22:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=65192"},"modified":"2023-12-30T21:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T03:17:17","slug":"church-local-tasks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/church-local-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"Church (Local) Tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Church (Local) Tasks<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>The local church &#8220;sounded forth&#8221; the word of the Lord in its own and adjacent regions (I Thessalonians 1:8)<\/li>\n<li>It taught its members to edify them (Acts 20:28)<\/li>\n<li>Its members worship together (I Corinthians 14:26; 11:17-34; 10:16-17)<\/li>\n<li>It supported preachers at home and abroad, sending directly to their needs (I Corinthians 9:14; Acts 11:22; Philippians 4:15-16)<\/li>\n<li>It provided relief for its local members (Acts 4:32-35)<\/li>\n<li>When sister churches were destitute it sent directly to their necessity (Acts 11:27-30)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/the-prophets\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFundamentals of Christianity\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/preachers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Church (Local) Tasks The local church &#8220;sounded forth&#8221; 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;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26590,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26769,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/the-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":65192,"position":0},"title":"The Church","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Church The word \"church\" is used to translate the Greek word ekklesia, which simply means an assembly of people. It doesn't always have to mean an assembly of Christians (Acts 19:32, 39). There are two types of assemblies mentioned in the Scriptures. \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One is talking about all Christians as\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":30483,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-corinthian-letters\/spiritual-gifts-different-gifts-in-one-body\/","url_meta":{"origin":65192,"position":1},"title":"Spiritual Gifts: Different Gifts in One Body","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Spiritual Gifts: Different Gifts in One Body The influence of the Spirit\u00a0(I Corinthians 12:1-3) The subject now shifts to spiritual matters, in particular spiritual gifts. Ignorance in these matters would not serve the Corinthians well. 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