Read your bible and pray every day. Attend a church where the bible is the only doctrine taught there, one where they teach out of no other books.
These words are truth.
It is the individuals responsibility to find a sound church. To read the scriptures daily and to know that the church is teaching the truth.
It is also truth that the local church is the largest structure of the church. Above the local church is Christ. There are no councils or committees between the church and Christ. The local church must be autonomous.
The new testament church is referred to as the church of Christ or the church of God.
You can tell a great deal about a church by its name and its building.
Give me an example or two. What is a Good Name and what is a bad name. What is a good building and what is a bad building.
I go to a Church called Harvest Christian Fellowship. Is that a good name or a bad name?
I used to go to Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. Is that a good name or a bad name?
I used to go to the Second Baptist Church of Anaheim. Is that a good name or a bad name?
I grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Is that a good name or a bad name?
Now in regard to Church Buildings. I used to go to a Church that was in a residential area and seated about 300 people. Is that good or bad?
The Church got too big and they moved to a tent. Is that good or bad?
They later built a building on about 10 acres of land that seats about 3000. They fill it for three services on Sunday morning and also another service on Sunday night. It's still too small. Is that good or bad?
The Church I attend now started in somebody's home. Is that good or bad?
They later rented an Episcopal church for a service on Sunday. Later they built a 500 seat Church that looked kinda like a barn. Is that good or bad?
Now they have a 3500 seat church with an amphitheatre, a coffee shop and a bookstore. They fill 4 Services on Sunday and its still too small. Is that good or bad?
By the building do you mean the architecture, the color, whether or not there is a cross on the steeple, whether or not there is a steeple? Whether or not it is in a home, or an industrial building?
Or is all of this totally irrelevent? What I look for when I attend a Church is whether the pastor actually believes what he is preaching and that he is preaching from the Bible and that they have a burden for lost souls.
BTW I posted my church for all to see. What Church do you attend?
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Marlowe