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Whole book (165 pages)

Preliminary pages (3 pages)

Contents page (1 page)

Chapter 1 – What is the problem? How are churches unbiblical and why does it matter? (10 pages)

Chapter 2 – What do we mean by ‘church’? (16 pages)

Chapter 3 – Why do we have to be part of a local church anyway? What is it for? (5 pages)

Chapter 4 – Our respect for the Church and for one another must never prevent us confronting falsehood when we see it (11 pages)

Chapter 5 – How Jesus dealt with the same problem of man made traditions which contradict Scripture (5 pages)

Chapter 6 – How the Roman Catholic church was created (3 pages)

Chapter 7 – The so called “church fathers” – who were they and how did they contribute in leading the church away from the New Testament model? (3 pages)

Chapter 8 – The unbiblical concept of a “clergy class” which is higher than ordinary people (16 pages)

Chapter 9 – What exactly does the Bible say say about paying money to leaders? Are we supposed to “tithe” to our local church? (20 pages)

Chapter 10 – Are we supposed to obey and submit to church leaders? If so, in what ways? And how should leaders operate? (18 pages)

Chapter 11 – Unbiblical church structure also promotes compromise on doctrine (8 pages)

Chapter 12 – False teachers and abusive, manipulative or domineering leaders (11 pages)

Chapter 13 – Why are so many church leaders ineffective as preachers? (4 pages)

Chapter 14 – What can we do about the problems with church structure and leadership? (9 pages)

Chapter 15 – How to start and lead a biblical house church (19 pages)

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