The Church, However, Is A Self-governing Society,

Christ Has Not Only Ordained That There Shall Be Such Officers In His Church - He Has Not Only Specified Their Duties And Prerogatives - But He Gives The Requisite Qualifications, And Calls Those Thus Qualified, And By That Call Gives Them Their Official Authority.

Faith Is Not A Blind, Irrational Conviction. In Order To Believe, We Must Know What We Believe, And The Grounds On Which Our Faith Rests.

The Church Is Everywhere Represented As One. It Is One Body, One Family, One Fold, One Kingdom. It Is One Because Pervaded By One Spirit. We Are All Baptized Into One Spirit So As To Become, Says The Apostle, On Body.

The Independent Or Congregational Theory Includes Two Principles; First, That The Governing And Executive Power In The Church Is In The Brotherhood; And Secondly, That The Church Organization Is Complete In Each Worshipping Assembly, Which Is Independent Of Every Other.

The Best Evidence Of The Bible's Being The Word Of God Is To Be Found Between Its Covers. It Proves Itself.