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Evangelical · 02-11-2018, 05:33 PM

Further biblical evidence against the "Two or three" idea is as follows:

Paul ordered Titus to appoint elders not in every home but in every city (Titus 1:5). God's word is clear.

The first local church in Jerusalem had elders taking care of governance:
Acts 11:30, 15:2, 16:4, 21:18

Clearly the first church was larger than two or three. If the church had 300 in it ZNP would probably conclude that this is 100 churches!

Matt 18 teaches that if we have a problem with a brother that cannot be solved with two or three then we can bring it to the church. This is because the church has governance through the elders which the two or three at home do not have.

02-11-2018, 05:33 PM	#192
Evangelical Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,965	Re: What is the boundary of the Local Church? Further biblical evidence against the "Two or three" idea is as follows: Paul ordered Titus to appoint elders not in every home but in every city (Titus 1:5). God's word is clear. The first local church in Jerusalem had elders taking care of governance: Acts 11:30, 15:2, 16:4, 21:18 Clearly the first church was larger than two or three. If the church had 300 in it ZNP would probably conclude that this is 100 churches! Matt 18 teaches that if we have a problem with a brother that cannot be solved with two or three then we can bring it to the church. This is because the church has governance through the elders which the two or three at home do not have.