WORLD CHURCH

• PURPOSE AND GOAL OF ORGANIZATION (Return)
  
  "As our numbers increased, it was evident that without some form of organization there would be great confusion, and the work would be carried forward successfully. To provide for the support of the ministry, for carrying the work in new fields, for protecting both the churches and the ministry from unworthy members, for holding church property, for the publication of the truth through the press, and for m other objects, organization was indispensable....
  
  "We want to hold the lines evenly, that there shall be no break down of the system of regulation and order. In this way license shall be given to disorderly elements to control the work at this time. We are living in a time when order, system, and unity of action are most essential." -Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, pp. 26, 228.