Stone & Incense
Curious, or no faith · Step 5 of 8Why a Church at all?
Jesus didn’t write a book. He gathered people.
In short. Jesus didn’t leave a book; He gathered a people, with the Twelve and Peter at their head.1 The Church is His Body, holy because of Him, full of sinners always in need of purification.2,3
Key points
- Church means an assembly called together by God.4
- Jesus chose the Twelve with Peter at their head.1
- The Church is holy and always in need of purification.3
Try this, this week
- Read Matthew 16:13-19. Notice who asks the question and who answers.
- Read Acts 2:42-47. That’s the first parish.
- Name one thing you’d want from a church if it were real.
“I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
Common questions
Remember: Jesus didn’t leave a philosophy. He left a family.