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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 6099233" data-attributes="member: 65823">The word church is from the greek word ekklesia. It means called out. ekk:called lesia<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":o" title="Embarrassment&nbsp; &nbsp; :o" data-shortname=":o" />utIt&#039;s not a particularly &quot;religious&quot; word. In Acts 19:32 the word &quot;assembly&quot; there is referring to a riotous mob of idol makers, the word ekklesia used.If you are a member of the Methodist church, you&#039;re saying you are called out to do the things of a Methodist. If you are&nbsp; a member of the Baptist Church, the correct usage would be, you are called out to do the things of a Baptist.When Jesus commissioned his Apostles to preach the gospel in Matthew 28, and the first time that was preached in Acts 2, after they were obedient to what they were told to do, (repent and be baptized) they were added to the church (2:47)This was and would be the local church that was established at Jerusalem because this is where and when the church started as prophesied. There &quot;called out&quot; people to do the things &quot;of Christ&quot; until that day. Can&#039;t be added to something that doesn&#039;t exist.As time passed and the gospel was preached, when one obeyed the gospel and became a Christian, which was and could be done anywhere, at that point the new Christian would be a member of the church universally. But, local congregations were being established because of the instructions and responsibility to meet, worship, teach, grow, etc.Same today. If a congregation of Christ is in the town I live in and is scriptural, I don&#039;t have to drive 50 miles to the next town.The New Testament Church has no earthly headquarters in Georgia or Texas telling it what to do or teach or the latest way you need to think about something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 6099233, member: 65823"] The word church is from the greek word ekklesia. It means called out. ekk:called lesia:out It's not a particularly "religious" word. In Acts 19:32 the word "assembly" there is referring to a riotous mob of idol makers, the word ekklesia used. If you are a member of the Methodist church, you're saying you are called out to do the things of a Methodist. If you are a member of the Baptist Church, the correct usage would be, you are called out to do the things of a Baptist. When Jesus commissioned his Apostles to preach the gospel in Matthew 28, and the first time that was preached in Acts 2, after they were obedient to what they were told to do, (repent and be baptized) they were added to the church (2:47) This was and would be the local church that was established at Jerusalem because this is where and when the church started as prophesied. There "called out" people to do the things "of Christ" until that day. Can't be added to something that doesn't exist. As time passed and the gospel was preached, when one obeyed the gospel and became a Christian, which was and could be done anywhere, at that point the new Christian would be a member of the church universally. But, local congregations were being established because of the instructions and responsibility to meet, worship, teach, grow, etc. Same today. If a congregation of Christ is in the town I live in and is scriptural, I don't have to drive 50 miles to the next town. The New Testament Church has no earthly headquarters in Georgia or Texas telling it what to do or teach or the latest way you need to think about something. [/QUOTE]

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