THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

 

In all spiritual matters man must LOOK ON CHRIST, who is the head of the Church.

 

The Gospel is the power of God for salvation without the aid of the secular authority  ( Rome 1.16, 1 Cor. 1.18 ), so the preachers of God should not weaken people's posts to become Christians and can only convince ( 2 Cor 5.11, Acts 11.4 ).

Christ promised before the end of the time to be with the Church and led her by the Holy Spirit ( Matt 28,19-20; John 14.16-17, 26 ).

The duty of the Church to instruct and to exclude unruly members, but not to do more than anything ( Matt 18.15-17, Titus 3.10-11, 1 Cor 5.1,12-13 ).

 

The Church should not refer to the secular authorities to resolve church matters  ( 1 Cor 6.1-18 ).

Christians have the right to apply to the Civil Rights Act, if the civil power comes to them not by the law  ( Acts 16.35-39, 24.22-28 ).