The word translated as "church" in the English KJV is from the Greek "ecclesia" and means "assembly" or "gathering", just like you said. Funny how the bigoted snobby elitists don't get that. From what some of them say, they presume they are the ONLY ones allowed to call themselves Christians or a Christian church - like God gave them the copyright or something. He didn't.
“The word translated as “church” in the English KJV is from the Greek “ecclesia” and means “assembly” or “gathering”, just like you said. Funny how the bigoted snobby elitists don’t get that. From what some of them say, they presume they are the ONLY ones allowed to call themselves Christians or a Christian church - like God gave them the copyright or something. He didn’t. “
I respect people who think and challenge their own assumptions. Those that do not are simply parrots. Terrible waste of a mind that we are commanded to use all of to love God.
Still, I can show them truth. I cannot force anyone to think about what I show them. I accept that.