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This post serves as a repository of my local church series<\/p>\n

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  1. Why is the local church is important?<\/a> This post touches on most of the earlier articles in the sublist below but expands on most of them.\n
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    1. What can we assume to know<\/a> about the church?<\/li>\n
    2. Are there any unspoken assumptions<\/a> about the church?<\/li>\n
    3. Why assume anything<\/a> about the church?<\/li>\n
    4. What is the goal of the church<\/a>?<\/li>\n
    5. What is the work of the church<\/a>?<\/li>\n
    6. What does the local church look like<\/a>?<\/li>\n
    7. What is this about the local leadership in community<\/a>?<\/li>\n
    8. Does a failing local church still count<\/a>?<\/li>\n
    9. Are there any examples of failing yet actual local churches<\/a>?<\/li>\n
    10. Interlude Discussion: So what about para-church organizations<\/a>?<\/li>\n
    11. What is Rey suggesting regarding the local church<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    12. Deacons <\/a>in the local church<\/li>\n
    13. Elders<\/a> in the local church<\/li>\n
    14. Does the local church need small (or large) groups<\/a>?<\/li>\n
    15. What does church discipline<\/a> look like in the local church?<\/li>\n
    16. How does a church function?\n
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      1. Avoiding unnecessary division<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. Committed to unity over against unwarranted division<\/a><\/li>\n
      3. Aware of the pressures that create disunity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Scott’s Church Basics Guest Blogging<\/p>\n

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        1. What is the ekklesia<\/a>?<\/li>\n
        2. What does all that mean<\/a>?<\/li>\n
        3. What are we fighting<\/a>?<\/li>\n
        4. How do we fight it?<\/a><\/li>\n
        5. What do we have<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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