Various Texts | JD Summers

In a biblical sense, a beautiful church building is not the church. Nor is a group of effective leaders without a flock. At the most basic level, the church is the people who make up the body of Christ. The church needs an identifiable membership, which aligns with biblical teaching and enables the church to do effective ministry. The church needs a regenerate membership, as local bodies must seek to represent physically what is true spiritually. And the church needs a healthy membership, with believers who are pursuing holiness and sacrificial service to one another.