I introduced a new series of articles on the marks of a healthy church. Notice healthy. The Belgic Confession already defines the marks of a true church as the following: the pure preaching of the gospel, the faithful administration of the sacraments, and the exercise of church discipline. Our churches can't be healthy if they're not true. But my concern in these articles is not to distinguish the difference between true churches and false churches, or even true churches from less faithful churches.

Unity, catholicity, holiness, and apostolic comprise the attributes of the church. This article explains each of these attributes and the implication each has for church life.

This article shows that the danger facing the church today is not the size of the church, but the spiritual health of the church. For it is this that determines the success of the church against Satan.