Acts 8:1-3Understanding the word churchEkklesia – called out group (Acts 19:32)Universal (all saved people everywhere)Ephesians 5:23; 4:4Matthew 16:18Hebrews 12:23 (Luke 10:20)I Thessalonians 4:16Local (saved people working together as a congregation)Romans 16:16I Corinthians 1:2I answer to Christ first!Acts 11:19-26Romans 6:3 (I Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:27)I Corinthians 5:1-2Not: I am church of ChristBetter: I am a ChristianNot: A church of Christ preacherBetter: A gospel preachingI am on a team!Philippians 1:1, 27; 4:15I Timothy 5:16Matthew 18:17(Acts 12:5; I Corinthians 14; 16:1-2; Acts 6:1)