The church is the people of God, as opposed to the common thinking that a church is a building. The church is a people “called out” to be the community of God. It is made up of those who have experienced salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and enjoy an authentic relationship with God. This definition crosses gender, ethnic, social, political and denominational lines.
Likewise, the church is God’s chosen instrument for continuing the ministry of Jesus on earth. The church is called to be God’s “ambassadors” for the purpose of reconciliation. We are to work for the restoration of all humanity’s relationship with its Creator God. This happens by the church living and teaching the message of God’s interaction with humanity through Jesus as found in all of Scripture.
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