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Over my many years in ministry, I have heard people give opinions on what a church should be and do. Some were biblically accurate, and some were way off the mark. I want to provide you with some guidelines by which you can have a better biblical picture of what a church should be. The gospels and the whole New Testament give us a vivid picture of what a church should be and do.