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THE
CHURCH
God by His Word and Spirit
builds His Church
calling sinful men out of
every tongue
tribe and nation of the human
race into
the holy fellowship of
Christ’s Body.
By the same Word and Spirit, God guides
and preserves His redeemed as
a gathered community.
It is not limited to any religious
institutions or
denominations.
Rather, the Church Universal is made up of
all who are born again
followers of Jesus.
The Church exists in the world to worship God
and to nurture fellow
believers
and to bear witness to the
Gospel.
New local churches are to be planted in the world
for a visible evidence of
God’s salvation.
The Church’s mission is to
make disciples
through the preaching of the
Gospel.
Though social transformation
is an indirect
benefit of changed lives, it
is not
the primary focus of the ministry.
All members of the Body of Christ
are to function as
committed members
of a local church. In this
context they are able to
walk in the obedience of faith working through love
as they show their love for
God by the way they keep
His commandment to love one
another.
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