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What is Church?

Church in the Bible is not mentioned in the Old Testament and refers in The New Testament to God’s people. The Church (capital ‘C’) is often confused with a church – or church building.

These days a church though to most people is simply a building and has been for many decades. But the original Christians knew better that the church was the body of god – the people that love God and want to keep His commands.

Somehow then we have lost our way a little with the building of great churches – beautiful though they are – I cannot see Jesus Christ sanctioning these great constructions. However – this is only a conclusion I have comes to and I’m open still to be persuaded otherwise – though it’s been on my heart many years.

That said there is nothing wrong in my humble onion calling a church building a church  – just so long as we remember the original meaning and words – Ecclesia.