The Local Church
It cannot be over-emphasized that the Church is not a building, a tent, or a home. On the contrary. The Church is the “Ekklesia,” which literally means a “called out group” or an “Assembly” of “born-again” Christians who have placed their faith in the shed blood, death, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Church is the “body” or the “bride” of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible explains that “Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without […]