Editing Two by Twos (section)

=== Terminology ===
The following are terms used by the church with the definitions giving the sense commonly intended and understood by members.{{efn-ua|These terminology definitions follow {{harvnb|Fortt|1994|pp=15–202}}.}}

; ''{{nobold|Church}}''
: Generally refers to a small local group that meets in a home; can refer to a larger group of believers. This term is never used to refer to a building except for church buildings of other denominations. Used colloquially when talking to strangers to refer to Sunday/Wednesday activity, e.g., "I'll be at church until midday". Some regions choose not to use this word at all, emphasizing the church's separation from other mainstream beliefs.
; ''{{nobold|Meeting}}''
: A gathering of members held in members' homes or rented buildings.
; ''{{nobold|Field}}''
: A geographical region to which workers have been assigned (similar to ''[[parish]]es'')
; ''{{nobold|Mission}}''
: A series of larger meetings known as gospel meetings, the function of which is proselytizing.
; ''{{nobold|Friend, saint}}''
: Adherent or member of the laity. Collectively "the friends" or "the saints".
; ''{{nobold|Profess}}''
: To make a public declaration of one's willingness to become a member is generally a sign that a person may participate in the prayer and testimony sections of Wednesday night and Sunday morning meetings or at designated testimony times in larger gatherings. Professing constitutes an intermediate stage. Following baptism, the partaking of bread and grape juice (or wine) is also permitted, which occurs between the elder's testimony and the final hymn in some fields.
; ''{{nobold|Bishop, elder, deacon}}''
: A chairman of a local meeting. Usually, the male head of the house in which meetings are held. The bishop/elder is typically the person in charge of calling the start of the meeting. The deacon is considered an alternative to the elder in some areas.
; ''{{nobold|Worker, servant, apostle}}''
: Terms used to denote the church's semi-itinerant, homeless ministers. These are unmarried (several exceptions were made during the first half of the 20th century to allow married couples to enter the ministry) and do not have any formal training. Workers go out in same-sex pairs (hence the term "Two by Two"), consisting of a more experienced worker with a junior companion.
; ''{{nobold|Head worker, overseer}}''
: The senior worker in charge of a geographic area roughly corresponds to the position of a bishop in Catholicism. No hierarchical position is higher than overseer—such as a pope—which might guarantee doctrinal and practical unanimity.
; ''{{nobold|Outsider, unprofessing person}}''
: Any person who has not 'professed' per the church's processes and is therefore deemed to be 'outside' of God's fold
; ''{{nobold|The world, worldly person}}''
: A broad term used to describe all people not involved in the church, including those in other religions