Ministers authorised to establish Mt 16:19; 18:18
CONSISTS IN
Maintaining sound doctrine 1Ti 1:3; Tit 1:13
Ordering its affairs 1Co 11:34; Tit 1:5
Rebuking offenders 1Ti 5:20; 2Ti 4:2
Removing obstinate offenders 1Co 5:3-5,13; 1Ti 1:20
Should be submitted to Heb 13:17
Is for edification 2Co 10:8; 13:10
Decency and order, the objects of 1Co 14:40
Exercise, in a spirit of charity 2Co 2:6-8