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The Church

Explore the true nature of the biblical church as a spiritual entity of born-again Christians, separate from buildings or organizations, led by Jesus Christ and empowered by the teachings of the New Testament. Discover the unique role of disciples within the local, regional, and universal church, with a focus on worship, leadership, and service based on biblical principles.

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The Church

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  1. The Church

  2. Christendom Lutheran Four Square Iglesia ni Cristo Baptist CATHOLIC 90% plus are not truly Christian Episcopalian El Shaddai Mormon UCCP Charismatic Orthodox Church Methodist Church of God Alliance Assembly of God Westliyan Jesus, Name above all Names Jehovah’s Witnesses Church of Christ Anglican Dating Daan Pentecostal Jesus Is Lord

  3. The “Church” Age What does the word ecclesia (ek-klay-see'-ah) mean? Assembly or Church • Strong’s Definition: • a callingout, • a popular meeting, • especially a religious congregation • Jewish synagogue, • Christian community of members on earth • Saints in heaven. • Muslims gathering in their mosque • The barangay captain and the councilors gathering for a meeting

  4. The “Church” Age “ECCLESIA” Of the 65 times ecclesia, translated “church,” as found in the epistles of Paul it refers specifically to the “Body of Christ” ONLY 14 times. 9 times in Ephesians 2 times in 1 Corinthians 3 times in Colossians 122 in the entire New Testament 5 times translated “assembly/assemblies” 117 times translated “church/churches” 65 times in Paul’s epistles THAT MEANS THAT IN ALL OF THE OTHER 103 TIMES ECCLESIA APPEARS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IT DOES NOT MEAN THE “BODY OF CHRIST”!

  5. The Biblical Church • The biblical church is not a building. • The biblical church is not an organization. • The biblical church is a spiritual entity. • The biblical church does not have members. • The biblical church has disciples (learners). • The biblical church is local, regional, and universal. • The biblical church consists of born-again Christians.

  6. The Biblical Church • The biblical church has a sovereign: Jesus Christ as its Head. • The biblical church is the Body of Christ: born-again Christians. • The biblical church has a Shepherd: Jesus Christ. • The biblical church has an Under-Shepherd: Pastor-Teacher; Bishop. • The biblical church is an unregistered church.

  7. The Biblical Church Romans 12:1-8 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Ephesians 4:7-13 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN." (Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1-3 Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. The biblical church is non-taxable. The biblical church is not aligned with the State or Federal Government. The biblical church takes its marching orders from the Bible, not the government. The biblical church functions only with a Pastor-Teacher and Deacons. The biblical church must practice discrimination The biblical church does not have employees. The biblical church has servants/ministers. The biblical church pays no salaries. The biblical church provides love-gifts.

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