The Church

major Ecclesiology

God gathers a people in Christ as the Church.

This doctrine defines Christian orthodoxy. Denial places one outside the historic faith.

Key scriptures

1Cor 12:27 — Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
1Tim 3:15 — But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Eph 1:22 — And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Eph 5:25 — Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Matt 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.