The Pillars of the Church Part 1: Doctrine 1. Introduction a. We’re going to begin a series on the Church. b. In order to keep it Biblically-based, I want to use an outline provided by Scripture—Acts 2:42. i. The four pillars of the Church 1. Doctrine 2. Fellowship 3. Breaking of Bread 4. Prayer ii. These four pillars transcend time, setting, and culture. It is our goal to seek to apply them in our day and age. iii. This is God’s formula for how the Church functions. We should follow God’s formula instead of following the inventions of man. Sam Thorpe Jr.: “No substitute of human invention, no program of earthly wisdom or business savvy, no agenda of targeted cultural adaptation, no schedule of family centered convenience, no methods of gend