Statement II of X · Church of Christ Fundamentals

The New Testament Pattern

I model all we do on the life, teachings, and example of Jesus as found in the New Testament.

The question this site keeps asking is a simple one: what did Jesus and his apostles actually teach and practice? Everything here works outward from the New Testament record rather than from later tradition.

This page gathers the essays that explain why the New Testament is the pattern, what “pattern” does and does not mean, and how it applies to real congregational life.

Essays on this statement