I prefer to use the term body of Christ to denote all Jews and gentiles that were saved under Paul's gospel of the uncircumcision (Romans 16:25), for clarity.
Those saved under the gospel of the circumcision that James Peter and John were preaching throughout Acts (Galatians 2:7-9), I would classify them as the little flock.
The word church can apply to both the BOC and the little flock but it is should not be synonymous to any of them, otherwise confusion will result.
Those saved under the gospel of the circumcision that James Peter and John were preaching throughout Acts (Galatians 2:7-9), I would classify them as the little flock.
The word church can apply to both the BOC and the little flock but it is should not be synonymous to any of them, otherwise confusion will result.
There are not different groups within the church, as both Jew and Gentile believers in Christ are one flock.