What makes a real church?
Many times I feel that people don't look at us as being a real church. We do look differently. We are not real big, infact we are tiny because we are only a couple of months old. We are about radically living life as disciples of Jesus. We are not about encouraging spectators but encouraing an adventure lived together for Jesus. An advenutre that encourages the life of a disciple as we passionatly live our lives for Jesus and we live out our God given gifts and dreams. We don't like to specify exactly what we look like because we want the people who are a part of our community to shape that (the idea of the body of Christ).
We get people who come to "check it out", or people who come after they have already gone to church, people who expect church to be planned out for them, etc.
but...
I feel that many people are stuck in a box of what church is. Even people that think outside of the box still see a box. I know what scripture says that church looks like and it always points to a gathing of God's people.
So, what makes a REAL church? What is church supposed to look like? Are we a Real church?
I know what God has taught me it means to be the church or live life as the church or what God has shown me through scripture.
What do you think?
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I've heard there was much discussion about this very subject a while ago. The debate was whether or not you needed double digits before you were considered a congregation. Jesus put it to rest by saying, "if even just two of you meet in my name...I'll be right there beside you"
-or something like that
I also tend to think that God's people are His church...and it's not about big screen tv's, cool music or funny messages...it's just his kids meeting together and agreeing in His name.
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