TABLE OF CONTENTS
Author’s Preface
Introduction
Part One: God Has Given Us a Pattern to Follow
Chapter One: What Does It Mean to Be a “Christian”?
Chapter Two: Why Do Christians Need Churches?
Chapter Three: “According to the Pattern”
Chapter Four: Why Many People Do Not Follow the Pattern
Part Two: The New Testament Pattern
Chapter Five: The Pattern for Fellowship with Christ
Chapter Six: The Pattern for Becoming a Christian
Chapter Seven: The Pattern for Church Organization
Chapter Eight: The Pattern for Collective Worship
Part Three: Policies, Expedients, and Departures
Chapter Nine: Human Policies within a Church
Chapter Ten: What Expediency Is and Is Not
Chapter Eleven: The Danger of Unwarranted Interpretations
Chapter Twelve: Departures from the Pattern
Chapter Thirteen: Denominationalism