CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION
(See also Anointed Christians; Christians; Congregations; Jehovah’s Organization)
according dignity within: w98 4/1 30
accusations of and within: it-1 40
administration: it-1 48; w97 5/15 15-20; jv 29
elders: lff lesson 20; it-2 549-551
governing body: ijwfq article 41; lff lesson 54; it-1 128-129, 498-499; it-2 549-550; w17.02 24-25; w10 9/15 13; w07 4/1 23-24; w97 5/15 15-17; w92 9/1 19-20
judges: w92 7/1 14-15
operation of holy spirit: it-1 938
overseers: scl 84-87; it-2 564-565; nwt 1706; w12 9/1 23
theocracy: w94 1/15 13-20
aid and comfort from: w19.05 16-19; w04 8/15 20-21; w99 5/15 25-28
angels’ role: w02 3/15 14-15; w87 8/1 11, 19
apostles’ role: it-1 128-129; it-2 1150; w17.02 24; w09 6/15 21-22
no primacy of Peter: it-1 129; it-2 621, 816-817; w15 12/1 13; w11 8/1 24-25; rs 38-39; g89 2/8 10-11
appointments: w20.08 21
‘laying on of hands’: it-1 1029; w15 11/1 14
appreciation for: w22.11 12-13
authority within: w19.05 6-7; od 159-160; lvs 53-54; lv 43-44, 46-49; w08 10/15 23; w06 4/1 19-20; w00 8/1 6-7; kl 137-139; w94 7/1 22-23
Bible Students’ view: jv 204-211
body of Christ: it-1 349-350
choosing friends within: lvs 35-38
chosen by God: jv 705
cleanness: scl 86, 101; it-2 1133; w16.11 12; kr 114-115; w05 9/1 30-31
angels help maintain: w25.05 6-7
communication within: w91 9/1 22-24
complaints within: w97 12/1 30-31
conduct not tolerated within: ijwfq article 66; scl 101
discussion: bt 22-23; it-1 497-500; w07 4/15 21-22, 25-29
education: w20.10 24-25; it-1 684-685; w92 4/1 11-12
effect of world’s moral breakdown: w93 2/15 13-14
efforts to corrupt: rr 97-98; re 208; w89 4/15 5-6
illustration of wheat and weeds (Mt 13): rr 97-98, 104-105; w16.10 32; w10 3/15 20-21; rk 24-25; g 2/07 7-9; w04 2/15 5-6; w03 9/1 5-6
“man of lawlessness” (2Th 2): w08 9/15 30; w03 9/1 6
Peter’s warning (2Pe 2): it-2 416
example for wives: w05 3/1 16
family in: it-1 808-809
following instructions within: w24.04 10; w24.07 10-12; w90 10/1 30-31
cornerstone: it-1 514
“rock” (“rock-mass”) (Mt 16:18): it-2 816-817; w15 12/1 12-14; ia 191; w10 1/1 26, 28; w07 4/15 21
freedom within: w12 7/15 10-11
generosity within: it-1 918-919; w17.07 9; w13 6/15 14-15
“God’s household” (1Ti 3:15): km 4/93 3
growth: bm 25
illustration of mustard grain (Mt 13; Mr 4; Lu 13): w14 12/15 7-8; kr 90-91; w08 7/15 17-19, 21
guidance beyond Law: w16.03 20-21
headship: w21.02 14-19
Jesus Christ: cf 184-185; w22.07 12-13; w21.02 18-19; lff lesson 20; od 13-16; it-1 498, 1051-1052; w10 3/15 13; w10 9/15 22-24, 27; w07 4/1 21-22; w02 3/15 13-18; be 277; w01 1/15 20-21; w99 12/1 10, 15-16; w87 8/1 10-20
men: w21.02 15-18; it-1 1051-1052; w10 5/15 10-11; wt 133-134
whether every brother is head of every sister: w21.02 15-16
holy spirit: w10 4/15 9-11; w93 8/15 11
acts as “helper”: it-2 1022-1023; w05 9/15 22; w02 2/1 19-20; w00 10/15 21-22
identification: w00 10/15 22
impartiality within: w20.03 27-28; it-1 1194; rr 217; w17.08 26; w03 6/15 14-17, 21-22; w02 11/15 15-16
injustice within: w17.04 18-27
Jesus’ example followed: w24.04 9-10
Jews and non-Jews equal: si 206-207
justice within: it-2 1150
cases of serious sin: ijwfq article 66; w24.08 14-31; scl 101-102; w22.02 5-6; w22.06 9-10; w21.08 11; mwb21.07 6; od 147-155; it-1 519; w16.11 13; jr 138-139; jd 78-82
law within: w19.05 2-7; it-2 221, 224-225; w06 5/1 29-30; w05 8/15 25-29; w96 9/1 14-24
likened to human body: w20.08 20-25; it-1 349, 848; w14 6/15 24; w09 10/15 5; w02 11/15 9; w99 6/1 15; w97 10/15 14-15; w96 7/15 20
love and justice within: w19.05 2-7
material assistance to needy: od 126-128; it-1 939-940; it-2 410, 769; kp 30-31; w03 6/1 6; w01 6/15 10-11; w86 10/15 10-11, 16-21
laziness disqualifies: it-2 227-228
meaning of term: bt 22; it-1 349-350
needed by Christians: km 10/95 7
order: w20.10 22-24
organization: lff lesson 20; od 24-29; it-1 498-500; lv 48; w01 6/1 14-15; om 21-28; rs 282, 326-327
first century: w24.04 8; od 25-27; w16.11 11; w14 5/15 24-25; w11 6/1 14; w07 4/15 25-27; w03 9/1 4; w00 1/1 30-31; jv 28-29; pe 194-195; je 6-7
prior to Millennium: w89 9/1 12-14, 18-22
role of Governing Body: ijwfq article 41; lff lesson 54; w13 7/15 22-23
similarity to Israel: mwb21.03 2; it-1 499-500
video Jehovah Organizes His People: lff lesson 54
“pillar and support of the truth” (1Ti 3:15): it-2 643, 1132-1133; w07 4/15 29
place of each one within: w20.08 20-31
contributing factors: w09 11/15 15-16
to be treasured: w09 11/15 13-17
preaching within: it-2 674; w03 1/1 29-30; w89 9/15 11-12
purpose: bt 22-24
respect for God’s Word: w05 9/1 30-31
roles of men and women: w07 1/15 4-7
security within: w10 6/15 6-10; kl 160-169
spiritual warfare within: it-2 592; rs 271
staying close to: bt 22-24; w10 6/15 6-10; w06 5/15 25
teachers in: it-2 1073-1074; wt 133-134
theocratic: od 6, 25-29; wt 129-135; w98 9/1 14-16; jv 217-221
to whom it belongs: scl 85
training through: ijwfq article 65; w93 8/15 11
treatment of ones taking the lead: w16.01 27
when authorities mistreat: w22.11 16-17
treatment of women: w24.01 15-18; mwb21.07 11