We had a home group recently discussing the essence of church. The term ’church’ is often used to apply to a building in modern times, but this is not the Biblical sense. The word for church in the Bible (‘ecclesia’) is probably best translated as congregation, or group of believers (although it can be translated ‘mob’, which is an interesting idea). This post tries to summaries the essence of church: what it is, and who it is for.
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One of our members, Rachel Otter, posted a blog this week: 'Bad times and Church present', which we thought we'd share. The post is interesting and thought-provoking, making the point that a church isn't an entity that can, of its own accord, hand out spiritual presents - it is made from human bricks, that rely on each other to hold one another up! Bad times are essential to develop and grow as a Christian, and whilst it can be easy to blame the Church when things are not going so well, we need to persevere: '...keep being a brick, even if you're a miserable brick, otherwise all the other bricks fall down.'
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