The Bible Never Mentions A Building Called ‘Church’
11 September 2016
Last week I wrote this piece, encouraging people who love God but who for any number of reasons find themselves outside of a traditional church. A number of Fundamentalist Christians and a popular Catholic blogger who took to social media to alert the world to my heresy, objected. So I thought I’d take a few moments to share why the Church as a building was never the point to Jesus and the early Church:
Jesus teaches Kingdom, not Building. The Gospel biographies are filled with evocative, vivid word pictures called parables, all about the Kingdom of God/Heaven. It was Jesus’ central teaching.
But this kingdom he speaks about is not a where, but a when. It is the state of the world when people acknowledge God; when God is honored and worshiped and respected—the Kingdom is present.Throughout the Gospels you can find Jesus teaching on the characteristics of hisKingdom people as they reflect the character of God in the world. The Church was never about brick and mortar. It was always greater than that. It was about a way of being in the world. ...
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