What is the Church?

Church--Ekklesia: (1) those called out (2) those assembled together

(The original Greek word ekklesia is composed of two words: ek, meaning "out of" or "out from," and kalleo, meaning "I call." Accordingly, the original word means "I call out from.”

When Jesus said, I will build my Church," He was saying, "I will call my people together out of the world. It’s a people, God’s people. )

Actually, it has two meanings: that of being called out, and that of being assembled together. We cannot experience church until we come together. You and every other believer in your city constitute the church even when you are not assembled. But we cannot receive the benefits and blessings of church until we come together.

Jesus prayed in John 17:21 “that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”

We can assemble together and gather together in a building, or in houses, in a hut in Africa, in a school building or in a field at the LifeLight Festival! I am looking forward to seeing you there. If you are a Christian, then you are the Church! And your mission and mine is to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ! To be salt and light.

Be the Church!

Alan
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