[Hilltop]

Church is for the sinners.

I am a sinner.

Church is where the non-believers come to believe that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God.

Repent and be baptized is the simple commandmant.

[Hilltop]

(sp) commandment.

[LiteKeeper]

Sorry - but I can't agree. The New Testament model has the believers (redeemed sinners) gathering for worship, instruction, fellowship, and training. The believers would then go out into the highways and byways to win the lost.

The church has always gathered as believers.

Altar calls and inviting sinners to salvation began with Charles Finney in the early 1800's during the Second Great Awakening.