Variously translated: church, congregation, assembly Seven Meanings in the New Testament: (Match the correct meanings with the scriptures.)

1.	Universal church "all the people who are saved throughout the whole world throughout the whole Christian age"	___ I Cor. 11:18;        14:19,28,34,35;        Heb. 2:12
2.	Regional church "the universal church at a particular time in a particular region"	___ Rom. 16:5;        Col. 4:15
3.	Local church (congregation?) "the saved in a particular locality"	___ Acts 9:31 not KJV
4.	House church (congregation?) "the saved who gather at a house"	___ Matt. 16:18        Eph. 1:22-23;5:23
5.	Old Testament church "the people of Israel gathered in the wilderness"	___ Acts 14:23;        Rom. 16:1;        I Cor. 1:2;        II Cor. 8:1;        Col. 4:16
6.	Non-religious assembly "any group of people gathered together"	___ Acts 19:32,39,41
7.	Meeting "an assembly of people"	___ Acts 7:38
		___ I Cor. 16:19

Note that 1 through 6 refer to the people who assemble and 7 refers to an assembly of people."

Why does Christ call his people a "church"?

1. The local church gathers together--I Cor. 14:23
2. The universal church will gather together--I Thess. 4:16-17

What "church" means in English that it doesn't mean in Greek:

1. The clergy of a religious body
2. Building where a congregation meets
3. Denomination--"a religious organization uniting in a single legal and administrative body a number of local congregations"--Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary

In the New Testament sense, a church is made up of people, not of congregations.

To the universal church one is added by God--Acts 2:47; Col. 1:13 One can only "join" a local church--Acts 9:26

Salvation is by God--Rom. 5:6-10; Eph. 2:8-10

Man's Response:

Faith--Mark 16:16 Repentance--II Cor. 7:10 Confession--Rom. 10:9-10 Baptism--I Peter 3:21

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