What are the marks of a healthy church in Africa?

Each week Pastor Mark Penrith, from Central Baptist Church Pretoria, together with in studio guests, answer questions live on air from God's Word. Catch them on Fridays from 9:00am to 11:00am on Radio Pulpit.

* A local church is a group of Christians who regularly gather in Christ’s name to officially affirm and oversee one another’s membership in Jesus Christ and his kingdom through gospel preaching and gospel ordinances. Jonathan Leeman
* A Healthy Church in Africa gathers for the preaching of the Gospel.
* A Healthy Church in Africa gathers to baptise regenerated believers into church membership.
* A Healthy church in Africa is a gathering of the converted.
* A Healthy church in Africa is led by a plurality of godly, biblically qualified elders, who are held accountable to God's Word by each other and the members of their local church.
* A Healthy church in Africa exercises formative and corrective discipline, lovingly and with restoration in mind.
* A Healthy Church in Africa gathers to spread the gospel to it's neighbourhood, it's city, it's country, and even to ends of the world.
* A Healthy church in Africa's worship is tested against God's Word.