“...what is the purpose of the church...”
Listen to the answers.
“Listen to the answers.”
You’re right in the answers may be quite different because the current people only know what they are told and in some cases conned into believing. I can only use the definition that was the starting of the understanding of the church by using Apostle Paul who shared the word of Christ in the first century. Horse’s mouth stuff.
Do I expect people to understand what Paul said? Many of them probably don’t even know Paul other than being one of Christ’s posse. We are a victim of our own lack of effort toward understanding anything. Doing the minimum of expected is far more simple. And is accomplished far more often.
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