Developing A Biblical World View

5. The Church began on the Day of Pentecost recorded in Acts 2. It was birthed by God in a great demonstration of power.

6. The power of the Holy Spirit.

7. Believers should relate together as brothers and sisters of a family. They are to serve as a Body works together, with Christ as the head. God sets special leaders and gives ministry gifts to enable the mission of the Church.

8. The Church has several functions which include worship, fellowship, and ministry to human need. But the primary purpose for its existence is the spreading of the Gospel. Simply stated, the purpose of the Church is to accomplish the Great Commission given by Jesus.

9. I Corinthians 15:1-11 summarizes the basic elements of the Gospel. Its basic message is Jesus, His ministry, death for sin, resurrection, and appearances. In its narrowest sense, the Gospel means John 3:16, John 14:1, Matthew 11:28, and Romans 10:9. In its widest meaning, it includes all that Jesus taught about the Kingdom.

CHAPTER SEVEN:

1. The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. (Matthew 9:37)

2. Compare your summary to that given in Chapter Seven.

3. A people group is a significantly large group of individuals who have a common bond to one another. Such a bond may include language, culture, customs, and geographic location.

4. An unreached people group is a people group among which there is no native community of believers with adequate numbers and resources to evangelize their people without outside assistance.

5. A reached people group is one with an adequate number of believers and resources to evangelize their own people without outside assistance.