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Who are the Bible Students?
The Bible Students are an independent, non-denominational Christian fellowship. Congregations are worldwide. Each local
congregation is totally independent; we have no central headquarters.
The servants or ministers are unpaid and elected from within our local congregations on an annual basis, based on Scriptural
qualifications listed in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
We take no collections. All expenses are met by unsolicited, voluntary contributions.
In most cases, we hold no real estate. Most congregations generally meet in rented facilities. Smaller groups often meet
in private homes.
To Us the Scriptures Clearly Teach
That the Church is “the Temple of the Living God” – peculiarly “His workmanship;” that its construction has been in
progress throughout the Gospel age – ever since Christ became the world’s Redeemer and the chief corner stone of his
Temple, through which, when finished, God's blessing shall come “to all people,” and they find access to him.
– I Cor. 3:16,17; Eph. 2:20-22; Gen. 28:14; Gal. 3:29.
That meantime the chiseling, shaping and polishing of consecrated believers in Christ's atonement for sin, progresses; and
when the last of these “living stones,” “elect and precious,” shall have been made ready, the great Master Workman will bring
all together in the First Resurrection; and the Temple shall be filled with his glory, and be the meeting place between God
and men throughout the Millennium. – Rev. 15:5-8.
That the Basis of Hope, for the Church and the World, lies in the fact that “Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death
for every man,” “a ransom for all,” and will be “the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world,” “in due
time.” – Heb. 2:9; Jno. 1:9; I Tim. 2:5,6.
That the Hope of the Church is that she may be like her Lord, “see him as he is,” be “partaker of the divine nature,” and share
his glory as his joint-heir. – I John 3:2; John 17:24; Rom. 8:17; 2 Pet. 1:4.
That the present mission of the Church is the perfecting of the saints for the future work of service; to develop in herself
every grace; to be God's witness to the world; and to prepare to be kings and priests in the next age. – Eph. 4:12;
Matt. 24:14; Rev. 1:6; 20:6.
That the hope for the World lies in the blessings of knowledge and opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's Millennial
Kingdom – the restitution of all that was lost in Adam, to all the willing and obedient, at the hands of their Redeemer and
his glorified Church – when all the wilfully wicked will be destroyed. – Acts 3:19-23; Isa. 35.