Prove All Things: What and Why the Church? - Bernard W Schnippert - May 1985

Bernard W Schnippert

I will build My church," proclaimed Jesus Christ to His disciples (Matthew 16:18). Many have believed Christ's promise and seen the profound need to find that true Church. Yet, strangely, almost no one has sought to understand the other important questions about the Church - such as why Christ built the Church, what that Church really is, how it is organized and governed and how one becomes a part of it. The basic doctrine - Briefly, the Church is that group of persons, led by Christ through an organized structure and ministry, in whom dwells the Holy Spirit of God. It exists to preach God's message to the world as a witness, and to nurture and teach its own members with the knowledge of salvation. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library