Study Questions:

1. In what way(s) did the Church begin in the Matthew 16 text? In what way(s) did it begin in Acts 2?

2. What is the most important requirement for being part of the Church? What are some of the other instructions on what it looks like to be part of the Church?

3. Why is Church Membership a practice that is carried out in so many churches? What is its Biblical basis?

4. In what ways did the Apostle Paul give of himself for the good of others and for the body of Christ as a whole?

Additional Scripture References:

Ephesians 4:1-6; 1 Corinthians 10:23-33; 2 Corinthians 9:1-15; Hebrews 10:19-25