What Is the Church? And Why I Love It!
What is the Church? Perhaps there is no better time in history since Acts 2 to ask the question, “What is the Church?” We live in a time when church attendance is in sharp decline all around the United States. Technology has made it easier to just stay home and watch a service and convince yourself that it is church. So often when we assess the health of a church we think of buildings, bodies, and budgets. We live in a culture that has become increasingly individualistic and consumer driven, and the church is not untouched by such thinking. Americans are not known for our communal habits. Because of all these factors and more, we develop some kind of idealistic view and somewhat individualistic view of the church, which ultimately renders this powerful idea powerless. The church is God’s idea. It is His idea to build His church, to love His church, and to use His church to accomplish His divine plan on earth as it is in heaven. The church is more important than most of us are aware.