{"id":155,"date":"2015-01-22T22:33:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T03:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2025-10-05T20:15:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T00:15:26","slug":"advantages-of-the-new-testament-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/?page_id=155","title":{"rendered":"Advantages of the New Testament Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Advantages of following the teaching of the New Testament in regard to local church organization and practice<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It fulfills the need for Christ to be Head.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It allows the full counsel of the Word of God to be applied to the individual believer and the local church.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It provides more balanced ministry, edifying people through spiritual gifts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It gives more opportunity for the use of gifts and provides a structure for development of gifts, especially speaking gifts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It allows the free work of the Holy Spirit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It encourages gifted speakers to open the Bible accurately and in ways that capture the attention of hearers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It makes believers more aware of their responsibilities before God.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It provides, through multiple leadership, a means for uncovering and stopping doctrinal error.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is adaptable in times of persecution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It encourages natural evangelism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It encourages greater awareness of and participation in missions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It discourages placing our confidence in human beings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is adjustable to all societies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage you to compare what is written here with the Word of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advantages of following the teaching of the New Testament in regard to local church organization and practice We encourage you to compare what is written here with the Word of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":135,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-belfel_pkhobe","post-155"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2768,"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/2768"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belfel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}