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Church of Christ Day 4
"Church" is a group of people who are "called apart" to worship the Lord. The New Testament Greek word for "church" is "ecclesia." it translates an older Hebrew word "kahal" meaning "assembly." "Ecclesia" has two parts, "ek" meaning "out of" and "klesis" meaning "a calling." These combine to make "church" an assembly "called apart to the Lord."
Female Entity
In New Testament writings, "church" is invariably a small local worshipping group of Christians rather than a building. The Body of Christ is the ideal ministry model. She, being female, was the New Testament church and is also God's choice at the close of the Twentieth Century. This female model, when rediscovered, will provide what we now call "our church" with a clear and focused vision for the future. We shall see what we can be. Is the body of Christ masculine or feminine or otherwise to you?
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