Analogy

More Than a Building

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The church is not primarily a building or a service time. It is a people—those who belong to Christ and to one another. Buildings matter. Gatherings matter. But when the building is empty or the service ends, the church still exists wherever those people are living as His body in the world.

How you’d preach it

Basic but still needed. Helps reframe what people mean when they say “church.”

  • Community
  • Identity
  • Mission

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