Nature, mission and function of the Church
The New Testament assumes that all Christians will share in the life of a local church, meeting with it for worship (Heb. 10:25), accepting its nurture and discipline (Matt. 18:15-20; Gal. 6:1), and sharing in its work of witness.   The four functions of the church are worship, fellowship, ministry and witness.

Officers of the Church
There are two types of officers in the church, Elders and Deacons.  The Elders are the leaders of the church, and are autonomously and democratically (Romans 5:1-5; Heb. 4:14-16) appointed by and within each individual congregation (Acts 15:22).  In his sovereign wisdom and for his providential purposes, God has restricted the office of Elder to include only men (1 Timothy 3:2-7; Titus 1:5-9).    The Deacons are laity who serve at the Elders’ direction so as to enable the Elders to devout themselves to prayer and to the ministry of the Word (Acts 6:1-7). 

Ordinances of the Church 
There are two ordinances of the church, baptism and the Lord’s Supper.  Baptism is the public testimony or proclamation of the believer’s faith in Jesus Christ.  The call for repentance and belief precedes the call to baptism, thus a personal commitment to Christ is a prerequisite to baptism.  (Matt. 3:2-6; Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:37-41; 8:12; 18:8; 19:1-7).  The preferred mode of baptism is immersion as it follows the example set by Jesus (Matt. 3:16).

The church partakes in Communion in order to commemorate Christ’s death (1 Cor. 11:24-25).  The Lord’s Supper is a remembrance that brings to mind the death of Christ and what it means for believers.