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Church Of God

The church of God.


  • God designed and created the heavens and the earth. - 271
  • God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. - 272
  Key words: Church, Church-Of-God, God  


  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  

Question: Where were the seven churches in Asia?
  Answer: The seven churches in Asia were: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. - 36
  Reference: Revelation 1:11b

Question: Who is the church?
  Answer: The church is a group of Christians who get together for religious worship services. It can also include all Christian believers. - 134

Question: What is a church building?
  Answer: A church building is used for the public Christian worship of God. - 135

Question: Who is God?
  Answer: God is the creator of the world. - 81



  Words of Wisdom  

Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.   Acts 2:47 


Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.   Acts 12:5 


And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.   Acts 14:27 


And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.   Acts 15:4 


Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.   Acts 20:28 


Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.   1 Corinthians 1:2, 3 


But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.   1 Corinthians 7:17 


Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.   1 Corinthians 10:32, 33 


But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.   1 Corinthians 11:16 


What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.   1 Corinthians 11:22 


And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.   1 Corinthians 12:28 


But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.   1 Corinthians 14:28 


For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.   1 Corinthians 14:33 


For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.   1 Corinthians 15:9 


Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.   2 Corinthians 1:1, 2 


Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.   2 Corinthians 8:1, 2 


For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.   Galatians 1:13, 14 


To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.   Ephesians 3:10-12 


Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.   1 Thessalonians 1:1 


For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.   1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 


Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.   2 Thessalonians 1:1-10 


(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.   1 Timothy 3:5, 6 


But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.   1 Timothy 3:15 


To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel.   Hebrews 12:23, 24 


He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.   Revelation 2:7 


And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.   Revelation 2:18, 19 


And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.   Revelation 3:1 


And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;   Revelation 3:14 




  Comments and Quotes  

59% of churches in America (excluding Catholic/orthodox) are sized from 7-99 congregants. So, the vast majority of churches sport under 100 people. The next 35% sit at 100-499 congregants. So, all in all, 94% of churches are below 500 members in regular attendance. - Jerald Sheets - 268


You shouldn't have to bribe people to go to church. You don't come to a church like this just to play games. You come to say yes to Jesus. - Walter Hallam - 51


You have 200 years of church music to choose from. Every generation has both good and bad songs, and everyone has their favorite songs. We should sing a mix of the very best songs regardless of when it was written. Make sure that the words are theologically correct, and the songs are singable. - Ron Rooks - 31


There is a personal God who intervenes in history. - Peter Gumpel - 199




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