The Order of the Church: Its Size

A lecture on the Order of the Church: Its Size.

The New Testament describes the church as an organism and an organization. As an organism, she is a living entity for which God is largely responsible for her existence and growth; as an organization, she is a well ordered mechanism for which man is largely responsible for her discipline and oversight. A healthy church is one which maintains discipline as an organization, as well as one which grows in the Lord as a living body. These lectures on the Order of the Church are looking at the assembly of Christ from the standpoint of her organizational components.

The question answered in this study: Has the Lord designed His church to grow without numerical limits, or is there an optimal size each congregation should seek to maintain?