Actually, that is not true. The Wycliffe Bible of 1395, one of the oldest English Bible, uses the word chirche (church). Tyndale (1525), Coverdale (1535), the Bishops Bible (1568) uses congregacion/congregation. Finally, the Geneva Bible (1587) uses church. All of these are before the KJV.
That is interesting. excellent post. Summary, The word “Church” was not in the bible for 1400 years after Christ. By the way, The word “Chirche” meant “circle” which was the Pagan worship format to get is a circle. Had nothing to do with the original Greek word of “ekklisia “ which meant “ the called out” or believers. It did NOT mean “ gathering or assembly” because the Greeks had a perfectly good word for that meaning. The Greek for that was the well known word “Sanhedrin”. Thanks for the scholarly clarification. 1400 years — not 1600 years