The Church That Is Different and Why?
This booklet was printed by the First Baptist Church of Ft. Worth around 1934.
Some highlights…
“Certain Well Known Characteristics of the First Baptist Church” – p. 5-13
- “FIRST CHARACTERISTIC: The First Baptist Church is known to all men everywhere because of its opposition, its heroic and sustaining fight against well known evils.”
- “SECOND CHARACTERISTIC: Absolute Freedom.”
- “THIRD CHARACTERISTIC: Intensive Bible Study.”
- “FOURTH CHARACTERISTIC: The very happy Christian fellowship.”
- “FIFTH CHARACTERISTIC: The perennial soul winning life.”
- “SIXTH CHARACTERISTIC: The large company of trained teachers.”
- “SEVENTH CHARACTERISTIC: The two semi-annual Bible Schools, lasting for a month.”
- “EIGHTH CHARACTERISTIC: The music.”
- “NINTH CHARACTERISTIC: The giving of the Gospel to the millions.”
- “TENTH CHARACTERISTIC: The down town strategic location, right in the heart of a great and growing city.”
- “ELEVENTH CHARACTERISTIC: The Holy courageous enthusiasm.”
- “TWELFTH CHARACTERISTIC: The fine personnel of a great army of believers.”
“Benefits of the Whole Bible Method Versus Hop, Skip Method” – p. 7-9
“This is the advantages of using the Bible as the sole text book in Sunday School versus the use of quarterlies and curriculum.”
- “The whole Bible method saves the pastor’s time instead of taking extra time.”
- “The whole Bible method unites the whole church.”
- “The whole Bible method helps family worship, in that all have the same lesson to read at the same time…”
- “The whole Bible method deepens the Spiritual life of the church.”
- “The whole Bible method causes all ages to bring their Bibles to the class…”
- “The whole Bible method will cause Bibles to be brought to the preaching services…”
- “The whole Bible method teaches all ages and classes to rightly handle and divide the Word by becoming familiar with it.”
- “The whole Bible method makes soul winners…”
- “The whole Bible method keeps the pastor in touch with each and every class and department of the church…”
- “The whole Bible method keeps the pastor studying the Scripture afresh and furnishes abundant material for sermons.”
- “The whole Bible method produces “good ground,” fertile soil for the message of the pastor.”
- “The whole Bible method affords a happy and profitable topic for conversation in pastoral visiting.”
- “The whole Bible method provides a profitable course of memory work by affording the opportunity of memorizing key verses to chapters and books as the course progresses.”
- “The whole Bible method gives a correct perspective of the whole body of Scriptures.”
- “The whole Bible method gives a proper understanding of the great fundamental doctrines…”
- “The whole Bible method settles the giving problem, because the doctrine of giving is found in each book of the Scriptures.”
- “The whole Bible method is the joy of the pastor’s life – The overseer of the flock rejoices to see the sheep grazing in the rich pastures of the Living Word.”
- “The whole Bible method produces the separated life…”
- “The whole Bible method produces and deepens the prayer life…”
- “The whole Bible method builds up faith.”
“The First Baptist Church Leads in 20 Important and Vital Matters As Follows” – p. 25-31
- “1. The First Baptist Church leads in real Christian charity.”
- “2. The First Baptist Church leads in Bible study.”
- “3. The First Baptist Church leads in the war against the greatest curse that ever blighted the human race or destroyed the homes of the people, or damned the souls of men, women, boys and girls. The curse of liquor…”
- “4. The First Baptist Church leads in Sunday School attendance.”
- “5. The First Baptist Church leads in soul winning.”
- “6. The First Baptist Church leads in New Testament method, as well as in the New Testament message.”
- “7. The First Baptist Church leads in radio work – in giving the Gospel over the radio.”
- “8. The First Baptist Church leads in the printed page.”
- “9. The First Baptist Church leads in the fight against Bible-denying, faith-destroying evolution, the false philosophy which teaches that man has brute blood in his veins.”
- “10. The First Baptist Church led the fight against the modernism which crept in among Baptists…”
- “11. The First Baptist Church has led the fight against ecclesiastical dictation of the church and ministry…”
- “12. The First Baptist Church leads in crowds, at its regular preaching services.”
- “13. The First Baptist Church leads in evangelistic meetings in the City of Fort Worth.”
- “14. The First Baptist Church leads in reaching a large number of hardened sinners.”
- “15. The First Baptist Church leads in the Genuine New Testament fellowship in its membership.”
- “16. The First Baptist Church leads in special Bible Schools twice a year.”
- “17. The First Baptist Church leads in red hot attractive, interesting, challenging and profitable services of public worship.”
- “18. The First Baptist Church leads in its genuine whole hearted welcome of strangers.”
- “19. The First Baptist Church leads in praying for the sick.”
- “20. The First Baptist Church leads in the absolute democracy of its membership.”