2. What is the correct
biblical name for God's
church?
 There are twelve New
Testament scriptures
indicating the name by
which God’s true Church is
known.
 Five of these scriptures

3. (1) Acts 20:28: This verse is
instruction to the elders to
“feed THE CHURCH OF
GOD.”
(2) I Corinthians 10:32: “Give
none offense, neither to
the Jews, nor to the
Gentiles, nor to THE
CHURCH OF GOD.”

4. (3) I Corinthians 11:22: “...or
despise you THE CHURCH OF
GOD, and shame them that have
not?”
(4) I Corinthians 15:9: Paul wrote
the same thing to two
congregations: “For...I persecuted
THE CHURCH OF GOD.”

5. (5) Galatians 1:13: “I
persecuted THE CHURCH OF
GOD.”
(6) I Corinthians 1:2: “THE
CHURCH OF GOD which is at
Corinth.”

6. (7) II Corinthians 1:1: “THE
CHURCH OF GOD which is at
Corinth.”
(8) I Timothy 3:5: Paul
references any elder in a
local congregation: “For if a
man know not how to rule
his own house, how shall
he take care of THE
CHURCH OF GOD?”

7. (9) I Timothy 3:15: “...behave
yourself in the house of God,
which is THE CHURCH OF THE
LIVING GOD.” This verse
adds a descriptive word to
God by using the term
“living.”
(10) I Corinthians 11:16: “...We
have no such custom,

8. (11) I Thessalonians 2:14:
“For you...became followers
of THE CHURCHES OF
GOD which in Judea are in
Christ Jesus.”
(12) II Thessalonians 1:4: “So
that we ourselves glory in
you in THE CHURCHES OF
GOD.”