the word church is used in two diffent contexts, the body of christ, and the mee

ting place of believers we are the body of christ = the church, and the place wh
ere believers meet = the church;
Church = Christ's body Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church; C
hurch = place of meeting Col 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, caus
e that it be read also in the church
Eph 5:26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of w
ater with the word,
Act 8:30 Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do
you understand what you are reading?"
31 And he said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?"
where did christ have elders ordained??? Act 14:23 ...they had ordained them e
lders in every church
How do you call for elders of the church to pray for you if you don't go to a ch
urch?
Jas 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for _the elders of the church_; an
d let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
The NT says that we are to spur each other on to love and good deeds, and to enc
ourage one another. How? By assemblying together and doing those things. Heb 10
:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deed
s. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, bu
t let us encourage one another
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He
who promised is faithful;
Heb 10:24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good dee
ds,
Heb 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, b
ut encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Heb 10:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and goo
d deeds.25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doin
g, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approac
hing.
Mat 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not
come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I w
ill build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Act 14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had praye
d with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edify
ing of the body of Christ:
1Co 1:2 To the church of God in Corinth
1Co 4:17 ...as I teach every where in every church.
1Co 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them t
o judge who are least esteemed in the church
1Co 14:19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding
1Co 14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church
1Co 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home
: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

Col 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in
the church of the Laodiceans;

1Ti 3:15 ...that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the ho
use of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the
truth.
2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowsh
ip hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with d
arkness?

Joh 21:17 ...Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.