To help you sort out the doctrinal stance of any given churchianity group you may be considering to join with, here are some helpful questions to ask THEM in order to take their doctrinal temperature:
1. What is man's biggest problem: sin or self-esteem?
2. What must a man do to inherit eternal life?
3. How do you deliver the salvation message?
4. How hard is it to become a Christian?
5. How often do you talk about sin, righteousness, and judgment?
6. How seeker-sensitive is your church?
7. How do you handle complex theology in your sermons?
8. What is your mixture of topical vs. expository preaching?
9. Describe your youth programs.
10. Describe your evangelism programs.
11. What church growth model do you follow?
12. How much do you give to missions and the hungry?
13. Do you believe the Bible contains any errors?
14. Do you believe in a literal six day creation?
15. Do you believe in a literal hell and eternal punishment?
16. When you distribute the Lord's Supper, do you emphasize the need to examine yourself?
17. Can a person who is living in a willful and persistent, unrepentant lifestyle of sin inherit eternal life?
18. Does your church exercise church discipline?
19. What criteria are used to determine if someone is qualified to be a Sunday school teacher or a youth volunteer?
20. What are the essentials of the Christian faith?
Need to find a church? Here’s three sites that can help:
founders.org/church-search
tms.edu/find-a-church
9marks.org/church-search
For more insight into the questions above, see Todd Friel's (sp) video:
1. What is man's biggest problem: sin or self-esteem?
2. What must a man do to inherit eternal life?
3. How do you deliver the salvation message?
4. How hard is it to become a Christian?
5. How often do you talk about sin, righteousness, and judgment?
6. How seeker-sensitive is your church?
7. How do you handle complex theology in your sermons?
8. What is your mixture of topical vs. expository preaching?
9. Describe your youth programs.
10. Describe your evangelism programs.
11. What church growth model do you follow?
12. How much do you give to missions and the hungry?
13. Do you believe the Bible contains any errors?
14. Do you believe in a literal six day creation?
15. Do you believe in a literal hell and eternal punishment?
16. When you distribute the Lord's Supper, do you emphasize the need to examine yourself?
17. Can a person who is living in a willful and persistent, unrepentant lifestyle of sin inherit eternal life?
18. Does your church exercise church discipline?
19. What criteria are used to determine if someone is qualified to be a Sunday school teacher or a youth volunteer?
20. What are the essentials of the Christian faith?
Need to find a church? Here’s three sites that can help:
founders.org/church-search
tms.edu/find-a-church
9marks.org/church-search
For more insight into the questions above, see Todd Friel's (sp) video: