What Is a Church? - Richard A Wiedenheft - May 1971

Richard A Wiedenheft

CHURCH business today is big business! Millions of dollars are spent on "churches" and millions of people go "to church" every week. But few realize that by Biblical definition, one cannot go to or construct a church. In every case in the New Testament, the word "church" is translated from the Greek word ekklesia, which Strong's Exhaustive Concordance defines as "a calling out, i.e., a popular meeting, a religious congregation." It is also translated "assembly" a few times. Notice some examples of how ekklesia is used in the New Testament. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library