Assertion: local congregation | /r/HasAspect | the responsibility
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text: Every local congregation has the responsibility to (1) Let the Word dwell richly and freely among the congregation by establishing the office of the Holy Ministry and calling a pastor, establishing public worship in Word and Sacrament on Sunday and one other day of the week observing all holy days and festivals, publicly catechizing all youth and new members, establish a school for children, tolerate no divisions by allowing meetings for teaching and instruction outside of divinely ordained public ministry; (2) Care for the purity of doctrine and the spiritual life of members holding one another accountable to conform our lives to purity of doctrine and spiritual life and avoid syncretism with unbelievers or heterodox church bodies; (3) Take care of the physical needs of members; (4) Conduct all the affairs of the congregation in an honest, open, efficient, and orderly manner; (5) Maintain unity in the Spirit in the bond of peace that ties a congregation’s members together and binds them to the wider church to work with other local congregations to maintain a common confession, avoid sheep stealing, and support struggling congregations where appropriate; (6) Do its part to make disciples and raise up church workers, and take the Gospel to those who have not heard it, joining with sister congregations locally and nationally where opportunities permit.