I have just finished reading a book on church history...and one thing that showed itself was the difference between the church BODY and the church INSTITUTION.
We are called so many times to build the church body - in so many ways. The church as an institution has been important to the preservation and growth of faith and people's salvation. But the history showed me that the memorable good bits are where people maximised the building of the body, and either made efficient/effective or minimised the building of the institution.
It's a subtle difference. I need to ensure I follow it. Do people get it?
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yes babe, it's the difference between building RELATIONSHIPS and building NUMBERS, between building a CHURCH and building the LORD's BODY which is made up of numerous churches, a dynamic multicultural, multi-functional collection of people who serve the LORD united under one cause - to save the world and empty hell!
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