what should be the role of a church ??
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well ,might be an easy question, i am asking here 
but i m really confused on it these days , i need some good defnitions , hope i ll get good answers from here GBU all
but i m really confused on it these days , i need some good defnitions , hope i ll get good answers from here GBU all
crucified to itself(set apart from) what it wants;
consecrated for the Lord being set apart from the world so as to be a light(love, mercy and foregiveness) unto a darkened world by example of its submission to the one in authority over it.
-Being Christ, the one who takes care of the church in return for its obedience and subjection while displaying the virtues set forth in his word-
Jesus didn't ask us to copy him, but more to follow, and obey his commands.
How may we expect others to do so if we don't do so ourselves.
We are in the world but not of it nor friends of the world.
The Lords burden is light
The worlds burden is heavy
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THE church is all followers of Christ.
Individual groups organise their worship together.
That is all.
The role of the members of the group is to love and care for one another. But each Christian should love all people, in their group, or in other groups, or even non-Christians. So love for others is a given anyway.
If a group wants to help others in wider society as a group that's OK but there is no reason it should. If it doesn't, the individuals may well do things on their own.
The Bible does make it clear that groups in Asia (Turkey) collected for the poor in Jerusalem. But that was for the poor Christians, not for the general population.
There is no scripture I'm aware of related to the types of groups we have nowadays with fancy buildings, full-time ministers (wealthy or otherwise) or huge hierarchies of priests, etc..
Individual groups organise their worship together.
That is all.
The role of the members of the group is to love and care for one another. But each Christian should love all people, in their group, or in other groups, or even non-Christians. So love for others is a given anyway.
If a group wants to help others in wider society as a group that's OK but there is no reason it should. If it doesn't, the individuals may well do things on their own.
The Bible does make it clear that groups in Asia (Turkey) collected for the poor in Jerusalem. But that was for the poor Christians, not for the general population.
There is no scripture I'm aware of related to the types of groups we have nowadays with fancy buildings, full-time ministers (wealthy or otherwise) or huge hierarchies of priests, etc..
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i m looking for scriptures from bible also that i can refer with , friends can u share it with me? wt should be the role of a church to its members and in the society ?
, friends can u share it with me? wt should be the role of a church to its members and in the society ?
OOOO you want Bible scriptures.... I love Scripture. here are the ones directly relating to the church..have to feed my daughter breakfast but if you want more just send me a pm.... .....................
.......those are the qualities the leadership should possess...........here are for the members......
hope that helps and is not too long
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no the responsibility of the church is to preach the Gospel and help people understand God's words found in the Bible............................................................................................................................................................................. However the responsibility of members in the church is to help the community. I don't think the church should be building the hospitals, schools, etc. but its members should help the community to build those things and set up a separate organization to raise and manage funds, etc. So that the church itself can focus on the worship of God and spiritual matters. ....................................................................................fundraisers, taxes, have volunteers give their time to build instead of hire people, see if big companies will donate supplies or give a discount for the building of the school or hospital........those kind of things..................church Members should be involved in helping others in their community and support people who want to help by volunteering or donating to the building of hospitals and schools.
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The church should be a place of love and worship and support where it's members do what they can to help one another and the community, believers and unbelievers alike. The best way to draw people in is to offer open arms to everyone, a helping hand to anyone in need, and show the love of Jesus to the world. The church should be teaching this.
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thnks for helping me to find it out, thnks friends
still i hv one more question ...... is that the responsibility of a church to do activities like building up schools, hospitals ,etc????
how should a church find money for its activity? hope u help me to find this answers as well
still i hv one more question ...... is that the responsibility of a church to do activities like building up schools, hospitals ,etc????
how should a church find money for its activity? hope u help me to find this answers as well
If you have a real church, like I defined it, then they are a group of close knit people sharing their lives in Jesus. If those people feel called to minister in any way at all, I see no problem with it. If God has called this group of people to do this, He always provides whatever they need. You can often recognize a real church by how fast their ministries grow, because God has called them to do this work. But this is very different from the usual plan where you join, and then they expect you to raise money for this and contribute to that.
It says nowhere that the church needs to meet on a Sunday.
That is the day many did meet - because in the early days, the day before (Saturday) most were adhering to the Sabbath until sunset as many (most?) of earliest Christians were Jewish - until Paul's ministry in Asia at least.
There is nothing Biblical that says Christians should meet on a particular day. It is just tradition.
There is nothing Biblical that says Christians should take bread and wine weekly. Jesus just says do this in remembrance of me).
That is the day many did meet - because in the early days, the day before (Saturday) most were adhering to the Sabbath until sunset as many (most?) of earliest Christians were Jewish - until Paul's ministry in Asia at least.
There is nothing Biblical that says Christians should meet on a particular day. It is just tradition.
There is nothing Biblical that says Christians should take bread and wine weekly. Jesus just says do this in remembrance of me).
