13 Bible Verses about Each Local Church

And having hand-picked elders for them in every church, and had prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord into whom they believed.

Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

(For if a man does not know to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

I wish all of you to speak in languages, but rather that you may prophesy; for greater is he prophesying than he speaking in tongues, unless he interpret so that the church may receive building up.

Therefore if the whole church has come together, and all speak in languages, and if uninstructed ones or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you rave?

The one speaking in a tongue builds himself up, but he prophesying builds up a church.

Even so you, since you are zealots of spiritual things, seek to build up the church, in order that you may abound

yet in a church I desire to speak five words with my mind, so that I might also teach others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

And if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home; for it is a shame for a woman to speak in a church.

If any believing man or believing woman has widows, let them relieve them, and do not let the church be charged, so that it may relieve those who are widows indeed.

who in love bore witness of you before the church, whom you will do well to send forward worthily of God;

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he neglects to hear the church, let him be to you as a heathen and a tax-collector.