The following are topic descriptions for Bill Einwechter’s topics at October 2006 NCFIC conference on unity between church and home:

The Covenantal Structure of the Local Church and the Biblical Basis for Church Membership

This message is a foundational look at the local church as a covenantal institution. In it, Einwechter will explore how a church is constituted and maintained in purity and peace. Attention will also be given to how a covenantal perspective leads to the successful integration of the church with the family. In addition, Einwechter rebuts the theology of non-membership, and provides the biblical argument for Christians formally yoking and covanenting through membership in the local church.

Children and the Dominion Mandate

This message will explain the centrality of children for the fulfillment of the dominion mandate of Genesis 1:26-28. It will seek to show how fruitfulness among Christians is essential if we are to fulfill our calling before God.

Interaction with the Sermon

Do the men of your congregation have the opportunity, encouragement and freedom to interact in an orderly and meaningful way with teacher after the presentation of the apostle’s doctrine? Would it suprise you to know that the New Testement meeting of the church patterns and presupposes such an interaction? Now Bill Einwechter examines the biblical basis for allowing the men of the congregation the opportunity to interact with the teacher in the public meetings of the church. The benefits, practice, and possible pitfalls of “interaction” will be considered.