CONNECTING POINT - CHURCH WORKS: Living Connected

The “church” has existed since approximately 33AD, following Christ’s resurrection on the Day of Pentecost as recorded in the book of Acts. Here we are 2000 years later, and the church is now worldwide and growing, fulfilling Christ’s words, “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it” (Matthew 16:18).

Many are accustomed to referring to the “church” as a building or place of worship; however, the longer I have been a pastor, the more convicted I am that Jesus' love requires more. The church must be better understood as a gathering of God’s people. Greek ekklesia is th...