What about the CHURCH?. Is it possible to be a Christian and not go to church?

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What about the CHURCH?

Is it possible to be a Christian and not go to church?

What about the CHURCH? Is it possible to be a Christian and not go to church? Wrong question. We don’t go to church – we ARE the church!

What the church is NOT

NOT a building

What the church is NOT NOT a building NOT the services

What the church is NOT NOT a building NOT the services NOT a denomination

What the church is NOT NOT a building NOT the services NOT a denomination NOT the minister/clergyman

What is the church?

The people of God

What is the church? The people of God Universal Church: 2,100,000,000 in 2008

What is the church? The people of God Universal Church: 2,100,000,000 in 2008 Local Church: Rome, Peterborough

What is the church? The people of God Universal Church: 2,100,000,000 in 2008 Local Church: Rome, Peterborough Celebration / Congregation

What is the church? The people of God Universal Church: 2,100,000,000 in 2008 Local Church: Rome, Peterborough Celebration / Congregation Cluster / LifeGroups

What is the church? The family of God

What is the church? The family of God Our Father in Heaven

What is the church? The family of God Our Father in Heaven A wonderful family

What is the church? The family of God Our Father in Heaven A wonderful family Faithful, forgiving, fellowship

What is the church? The body of Christ

What is the church? The body of Christ “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptised by one Spirit so as to form one body…”

What is the church? The body of Christ “Now if the foot should say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say…”

What is the church? The body of Christ “…‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body…”

What is the church? The body of Christ “…If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?” 1 Corinthians 12:12-17

What is the church? The body of Christ Unity

What is the church? The body of Christ Unity Diversity

What is the church? The body of Christ Unity Diversity Dependence

What is the church? A Holy Temple

What is the church? A Holy Temple “In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.” Ephesians 2.21

What is the church? A Holy Temple “In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.” Ephesians 2.21 “…but our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” Philippians 3.20

What is the church? The Bride of Christ

What is the church? The Bride of Christ “…And I saw the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.” Revelation 21: 2