According to The Acts of the Apostles, the church began on the day of the first Pentecost, but the need for the development of the church is presented well before it's actual creation. The gospels of Matthew and John reveal the apostles preparation by Jesus' for the coming of the Holy Spirit, which is the Pentecost itself. The organization and development of the early church, is clearly outlined in The Acts of the Apostles, 1 Timothy, Titus, 2 Timothy and 1 Corinthians. Through these scriptures the author presents the events of the birth of the church, the requirements for the organization of the church and it's members, and the necessary attributes for both the hierarchy of the church and those of which should be taught to its followers. Although the outlined events are written in the sense of fact, it must be taken into consideration that these Scriptures are based upon the interpretation, thus creating problems in the area of historical reliability.

In the book of Matthew, the apostles receive foreknowledge from Jesus of the building of the church, as revealed to Peter, but they were not yet told of whom it would be compromised or how it would function. Jesus declared, "And I tell you

"....reverent in behaviour, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink; they are to teach what is good...to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind and submissive to their husbands." (Titus 2:3-5)

The official founding of the early church wasn't until the day of the first Pentecost in 29 A.D., chapters one and two of the Book of Acts, following the ascension of the Lord. The chosen twelve apostles were "together in one place" (Acts 2:1), when the arrival of the Holy Spirit descended upon them in a "rush of mighty wind" (Acts 2:2) to empower them with the Holy Spirit and train them to do Gods work. The apostles gain the knowledge of God through the speaking of tongues in order to be able to spread Gods teachings to other nations and bring together both the Jews and Gentiles to create the church,

Through Acts of the Apostles, Peter further reinforces the need for baptism to receive the Holy Spirit and it is repeated that the church consisted of the congregation of many members to form a body of one, headed by the appointed apostles.

Through receiving the knowledge of the Holy Spirit, the apostles become trained to minister the teaching of the kingdom of God.

The beginning of the church is discussed to have occurred on the day of the first Pentecost in The book of Acts, yet in both the Gospel of John and Matthew, Jesus foretells the coming of the Holy Spirit resulting in the creation of the church before his death. Through The Acts of the Apostles, 1 Timothy, Titus, 2 Timothy and 1 Corinthians, the spiritual beginnings of the church, the organization of its leadership and membership and the attributes and teachings necessary to achieve the church are uncovered. Despite the belief that the scriptures are written as truth, it must not be taken as a literal account of the events, but instead should be read as a historical interpretation by it's author to explain the basic principles and philosophies in the organization of the early Christian church.

As proved, the organization of the early church's membership, leadership and receiving of the Holy Spirit through baptism is demonstrated in the Acts of the Apostles and the first letter to the Corinthians.

Both Acts and 1 Corinthians, make reference to the organization of the greater church and it members. Jesus states that the church was to become a mass congregation of many and through baptism of the spirit, the Jews and Gentiles would become one and together create the church. "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-Jews or Greeks, slaves or free-and all were made to drink of o

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