Ecclesiology Proper Outline
This is the outline I have spent hours on. After researching several other systematic theologies, I decided that these were the issues that need to be resolved in a book on ecclesiology. This outline is not finished but I wanted to get it online because the outline itself speaks loudly I think.
The main two categories are: first, the nature of the people of God and then, second, their practice. Their practice is primarily worship which involves their life at work as worship, their life at home as worship, their life individually as worship and their life with other christians as worship and the practice of those four areas.
I hope this will answer a lot of questions.
This is what Christians will and do look like without church.
I. THE NATURE OF GOD’S MULTITUDE
A. DEFINITIONS
1. ECCLESIA/QAHAL OF GOD SYNONYMS IN SCRIPTURE
a. GOD’S HOUSEHOLD (AS FAMILY)
i. FAMILY
ii. THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER
• ONE ANOTHER
• BROTHERLY AFFECTION
iii. ADOPTION
iv. ONE FATHER
v. CHILDREN
vi. MOTHER & BROTHERS
b. GOD’S HOUSEHOLD (AS DWELLING)
c. CHRIST’S SHEEP
d. A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD
e. A CHOSEN RACE
f. A HOLY NATION
g. THE BROTHERHOOD
h. A PILLAR OF TRUTH
i. THE ELECT
j. THOSE BOUGHT BY CHRIST’S BLOOD
k. THE BODY OF CHRIST
l. WISE VIRGINS
m. A CHOSEN REMNANT
n. BROTHERS IN THE FAITH
o. THE MULTITUDE OF GOD
p. THE MULTITUDE IN CHRIST
q. OLIVE BRANCHES
r. WE/US
s. THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
t. GOD’S MULTITUDE VS ISRAEL
u. GOD’S MULTITUDE VS GOD’S KINGDOM
v. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN VS. KINGDOM OF GOD
2. ECCLESIA/QAHAL OF GOD COLLOQUIAL METAPHORS
a. fellowship of believers
b. team of athletes
(NOT CATEGORIZED YET)
Lord’s army
Lord’s school
servant/steward
a building
a mystery
the Lord’s field
the Lord’s embassy
the Lord’s sanctuary
pilgrims
the way
the Lord’s inheritance
the Lord’s masterpiece
the Lord’s fishery
a crucible
3 .ORIGINS OF ENGLISH WORD CHURCH
a. KURIAKON
b. CIRCLE
c. TEMPLE
4. LEXICON DEFINITIONS
a. ECCLESIA
b. QAHAL
B. FORMS OF CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
1. ROMAN CATHOLIC
1. EPISCOPALIAN
2. PRESBYTERIAN
3. ERASTIANISM
4. CONGREGATIONAL
a. SINGLE ELDER
b. PLURAL ELDER
c. CORPORATE BOARD
d. PURE DEMOCRACY
e. HOLY SPIRIT LEAD
5. NEIGHBORHOOD
C. ROLES IN FELLOWSHIP
1. APOSTLE
2. PROPHET
3. TEACHER
4. ELDER
5. DEACON
6. WOMEN
a. 1 timothy 2:11-14
b. 1 corinthians 14:33-36
c. 1 timothy 3:1-7, titus 1:5-9
II. THE PRACTICE OF GOD’S MULTITUDE
MIRACLES OF GOD
CESSATIONISM
HEALINGS
FAITH
PROPHECY
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
MISSIOLOGY (EVANGELISM)
PIONEER
OPEN AIR
PERSON TO PERSON
NEIGHBORHOOD
SUBMISSION AND AUTHORITY
IN MARRIAGE
AT WORK
IN FELLOWSHIP
KEYS OF THE KINGDOM
CHURCH AND STATE
NO TITLES
GREATEST MUST BE LEAST
INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN LIFE
SECULAR LIFE
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY
WORK LIFE
SECULAR FRIENDS
FAMILY LIFE
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
CHRISTIAN UNITY
DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLINE
EXCOMMUNICATION
HERESY
ENCOURAGING
ADMONISHING
TRAINING
WORSHIP IN FELLOWSHIP
LITURGY
UPPER ROOM
PREACHING
PURITY/SANCTIFICATION
PRAISE
PRAYER
STUDY OF SCRIPTURE
CELEBRATION
JEWISH FESTIVALS
HOLIDAYS
BAPTISM
ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEW
PROTESTANT PAEDOBAPTISM
FAITH BAPTISM
LORD’S SUPPER
ROMAN CATHOLIC EUCHARIST TRANSUBSTANTIATION
LUTHERAN CONSUBSTANTIATION
REFORMED SYMBOLIC/SPIRITUAL
THE LAMB’S WEDDING FEAST
PASSOVER FEAST
FOOTWASHING
MARRIAGE
ROMAN CATHOLIC SERVICES
CONFIRMATION
PENANCE
EXTREME UNCTION
HOLY ORDERS
SERVICES IN FELLOWSHIP
ADMINISTRATION
LEADERSHIP
SERVING
CONTRIBUTING
HELPS
CHARITY
SHEPHERDING
TEACHING
WISDOM
KNOWLEDGE
FOREIGN OUTREACH
DISCERNMENT
ENCOURAGEMENT
