What may be said for the family that breaks out the wine and bread for holy communion? What about the patriarchal dad that takes over the function of the church in his home? Is this the dissolution of the entire jurisdiction of the church in the mind of the post-Christian West? Here is an argument for the existence of the church as the institution of Christ Himself. What distinguishes a church from a YMCA or Christians hanging out? We bring out all the descriptions of the visible church and the gathering of the saints, and the ordaining of elders in every city, and the necessity of church discipline.