“Any time people come together to worship in His name, that is church.”
Since you’re quite skilled with scripture - can you cite where it says this?
“Any time people come together to worship in His name, that is church.”I think it is evident from reading and understanding the New Testament.Since you’re quite skilled with scripture - can you cite where it says this?
When people get together to worship God, they also will pray and share scriptures.
If the occasion arises, they will baptize one who wishes to take that step.
If led by the Spirit of God, they can also partake of the Lords supper.
If the church is the body of Christ, why wouldn't people gathering to worship God be called "church."?
I realize there are those that don't believe it is "church" unless it is in a building with lots of rituals.
And fancy vestments.
And for some, believing that a priest becomes "another Jesus" and then goes through a ritual before serving communion
If you really want an understanding of what chruch entails, I would suggest that you read through the whole New Testament.
Even just reading parts of it each day it can take only 2 weeks.
Be sure to pray for the Holy Spirit to give you guidance for understanding the messages in the NT. (that is the key to understanding the Bible.)
The Old Testament is great reading too.
Using the same method it can be accomplished in about 6 weeks.