Individuals of course, so it’s important we all stay individual, that was Christ’s teaching I think. That’s why they never ever had a church in the NT.
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So why the obsession with groups? The admonition is to “assemble” together as in “get together” or meet or fellowship. There is never an admonition to form “organizations” or “hierarchies”.
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Not once in scripture was anyone told to “join a church”. We are told that by believing we “become” part of the church.
Acts 2:47 And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
>> that was Christ’s teaching I think.<<
You think? How about scriptural reference to what you “think”? Individuals were saved which caused them to “be added” to the church universal. There wasn’t a long “study time” or requirement to “be catechized” and pronounced a member of some organization. The simple “believe on the Lord Jesus” was what was required which Jesus said made them part of the church.
>> That’s why they never ever had a church in the NT.<<
I’m not sure what you mean by “church” here. There was indeed a “church” in the sense that the believers were considered a “called out” people. The Greek word “ekklesia”, that has been translated “church” actually means “assembly” or “congregation”. It never once meant an organization or a building. There certainly were an “assembling” of believers in the New Testament but never a centrally governing authority.