Church Is More Than A Building

Central to the core of the Christian faith is the desire for people to live and serve alongside each other as a demonstration of the love and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

While Jesus attended church often, (synagogue), the significant portion of his life of serving people was conducted outside of the church. Therefore, I would contend that a church is far more than a building.

A Church building is no guarantee of God being present or God’s people being effective.

Cities across the world are filled with glorious church buildings constructed with magnificent details, but largely void of life and mostly void of God’s Spirit. This proves a church building is no guarantee of God being present or God’s people being effective. As I said, church is far more than a building.

“Everyone needs a spiritual home.” We don’t believe for a minute that this refers to a building. A home is where family is, and family is where love is. Wherever people gather in love, a spiritual home is formed.

Jesus reinforced this when He said, “where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” We say that church happens when a few people gather and acknowledge Jesus in their midst.

*Acts 17 vs 24* says “The God who created the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands”.

*1 Corinthians 3 vs 16* says “Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Jesus also reminded us that the words that come out of people reveal their heart; “a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.”