Simple question: What constitutes a church?
What are the biblical requisites for being considered a church? (ie. believers in covenant with one another, ordinances, etc).
At what point can a church lose its status as a church? (beyond disbanding).
Further, what is necessary to begin a church? Can anyone begin one? Does it have to be a mission of an established church? etc.
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Calvin said that the marks of a true church were the ordinances (Baptism & Lord's Supper), and the preaching of the Gospel. He may have included others, but those are the two I remember. It was an important question to him because he was advocating leaving the RC church. So, for him, it was a question of high importance. I would imagine that Luther would have some excellent stuff written on the subject since he dealt with the same issue as well.
Chuck Flurry
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