{"id":1157,"date":"2010-07-25T15:13:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T20:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2010-07-25T15:13:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T20:13:17","slug":"defining-church-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/defining-church-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Close Your Church for Good. <\/em>Chap. 3, Sec 3. <em>Since I had already posted the intro to chapter 3 on July 18 (it was chapter 2 at the time) , I decided I better post something new. So here is my working definition for church. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is the bare bones basic understanding of church? What did Jesus try to teach His disciples about what He was forming them to be? What did Paul and the other writers of the New Testament try to impress upon the readers of their letters? What is common to nearly every spiritual renewal movement in history?<\/p>\n<p>In this book, church is being defined as the people of God who follow Jesus into the world. To arrive at this simple understanding of the church, it is necessary to unpack and unwind some of the complex misunderstandings that have been constructed around the church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Close Your Church for Good. Chap. 3, Sec 3. Since I had already posted the intro to chapter 3 on July 18 (it was chapter 2 at the time) , I decided I better post something new. So here is my working definition for church. What is the bare bones basic understanding of church? 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