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The Glorious Church, as the Second Body of Christ, Shares in the Son's Glory. What a Lofty Privilege Afforded Us as Members, of the Bride Community in waiting for the consummation of the Age of the Church."The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one." John 17:22 ESVPastor Fred Campbell has served as Mt. Zion Baptist Church's pastor for more than forty years, being one of the longest-tenured pastors in the San Francisco Bay Area. His innovative and proven leadership has left an indelible mark, leading people toward spiritual maturity. Pastor Campbell is one of our nation's trailblazing leaders, serving in various capacities throughout his ministry. He has served in the California State Baptist Convention, Inc., in various leadership positions, including Financial Secretary, Director of Christian Education, and Congress of Christian Education President. Pastor Campbell has a deep passion for pastors, ministers, and their wives, and provides wise counsel and support to pastors throughout the nation.

In 1982, John Naisbitt's Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives brought to our attention the harsh reality that a new and strange world was crashing down around us. One of the ways in which he suggested that the world would change was that we would move "from institutional help to self-help." By this, he meant that American society would move from being a culture dependent on institutions such as schools, hospitals, and the like, to being a people more centered on themselves individually. Thus, the emergence of "self-service" counters in the marketplace has become pervasive.In this light, Bible study has come to be a matter for the "self" as much as anything else. Pastors simply cannot expect to be the only ones who "know the Bible." They cannot assume that members of the church will concede to biblical illiteracy. Lay people want to know the Bible, just as the clergy and pastor know it. There is an insistence on the part of the average church member to become intimately familiar with the Word of God.Julius Richard Scruggs's How to Study & Teach the Bible is an ideal manual that introduces students of the Bible to its intricacies-from the youngest neophyte to the most skilled veteran church member-both clergy and laity alike. He insists that Bible study should become an integral part of the life of every church. He then plunges into a cursory, yet careful, exploration of what the Bible is and how one can become a more effective teacher, preacher, and evangelist. This book is indeed a wise and worthy investment for everyone who desires to have a working knowledge of the Bible and takes the time to work through these pages.

The author posits that the Church Covenant is a declaration of what many Baptists believe the Bible to teach. In the covenant, church members have the opportunity to study some of the doctrines of the Baptist faith. The reader will notice that the doctrines and beliefs postulated in the Church Covenant cover the whole Bible.This book was written in such a way that it is only a guide into the Word of God. The writer believes that the Word of God - the Bible - is the only book of authority on what Christians are to believe and practice. The writer hopes that each reader of this book will follow this guide into the Word of God.