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Yes, we are! It's more important to be church than to go to church. I go to a church building to worship Jesus, but I take Him with me where ever I go.
Yes, we are! It's more important to be church than to go to church. I go to a church building to worship Jesus, but I take Him with me where ever I go.
There is a difference between "the church" and "the kingdom". For example, in the New Testament, all believers were in the kingdom, however they needed to be baptized into the church. It was (is) possible to be in the kingdom and not in the church. On the other hand, it was important that all those that were in the church were in the kingdom also.
The church was the visible manifestation of the spiritual kingdom. We are not each our own "church".
although we have no;
1-building
2-doctrine
3-leadership
4-creed
we do sometimes gather in His name.
so are we a "church" ?
I think so. Loose-knit perhaps, but if a church is a gathering of believers who more or less meet regularly, then we are a church...
We pray for one another, comfort one another, teach one another, love one another, fellowship with one another, and (gasp!) occasionally even reprimand one another...
Yes, the whole body of believers (through out the world) in Christ Jesus are called the Church or the Bride!! At all times.
There have been times when I have been in worship at church and my mind will have the thought at that moment of all who believe in Christ, are at that very moment worshiping God together all over the world in unity praising Him....
But we do this together everyday but were not together, for some live thousands of miles away.....but I think of the other's who at the same time as I, are worshiping Christ in prayer, song, it's on going, never stopping of praising Him!!!
1-Building; Unless there are any OT adherants to the tabernacle, we can't absolutley define "building". So I'll call it cyberspace
2-Leadership; Other than the moderators ( who are more like crowd control ) our "leaders" change continually, but we are nevertheless "led"
3-Creed; Ticketh not off thee Moderators.
4-Doctrine; We're workin on it.
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