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St Paul was the first biblical author to use the term 'church'. In many cases, he clearly used the term to mean the church as an institution, but in other cases, it is not entirely clear whether he is talking about a church community or a building. More likely, in those contexts he was talking about the Christian communities, in which case we should say there were no churches at that time. Prior to the book of Acts there were one or more places where the Israelites congregated to worship their God. The first was the Tabernacle, a mobile center of worship. Later Solomon built the first Temple, which was destroyed and rebuilt by the time Jesus was ministering. As Jesus predicted, it was destroyed in AD 70. The word translated "church" in the New Testament is ekklesia, which can also refer to a crowd, a gathering, or a mob. Since the followers of Jesus suffered heavy persecution, no formal buildings or similar meeting places that we in the civilized 21st century world would call "churches" could exist. There were, however, gatherings of believers that met in homes and various other secret places.
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When was Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches created?
Fellowship of Fundamental Bible Churches was created in 1939.
Number of times the word purgatory is found in the bible?
AnswerPurgatory is not mentioned in the Bible. It is simply a belief that developed within the Catholic Church, but which is not accepted by most Protestant Churches.
How do you find learnings about the Bible?
In bible-based Christian churches.
Is the word church mentioned in the Bible?
Yes! The words 'church', and 'churches' occur a total of 115 times in the New Testament (KJV).
Is there a calvanist Bible?
No, there is no special Calvanist Bible. Reformed churches (those who follow Calvin's theology) use a variety of Bibles as other churches do.
Is there a name of a church named in the bible?
When the bible was written there were no church buildings, churches were groups of Christan believers and Paul wrote letters to these 'churches'.
How do churches remember god?
The Bible is how they remember
What is the book that holds all of the churches teachings?
the bible
How many churches in the Bible Belt?
There are in excess of 52,000 Baptist churches in the United States. There are more than 17.5 Americans who are members of these churches.
Why is that there are some bible that contains 66 books only?
Different branches of Christianity - "Churches", as against 'churches' - recognise different books as being valid parts of the Bible.
Where you get The Bible?
Bookstores or onlne. Some hotel rooms have them. They are also available in churches and from Bible Societies.
What churches have stain glass windows?
Most had a form of stain glass since it was used to teach the bible. The population couldn't read or write so to teach the bible windows were used in the churches.
