We appreciate the fact that God has called us through obedience to the gospel by cleansing us with the washing of water by the word. We are therefore not a social club, nor a civic organization, nor a political forum, nor a welfare institution. While the influence of the church and its members are felt in all these areas, the church, itself, is none of these things. The church is a spiritual insti
tution, which administers to the spiritual needs of its members and the community. Our goal is to reach our heavenly destination, where Christ is (John 12:26), to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for us(1 Pet 1:4). The home of the righteous,people who lived under the obedience of God (Heb 5:8-9). The church founded by Jesus Christ fulfills a need that no human institution could possibly perform. The church exists "in order that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Ephesians 3:10-11). It is a sacred institution that no community social club can match and to alter the church into a social club would cheapen the very institution for which Jesus died (Acts 20:28). That is what we are,we are just Christians.
