In the same way, it s impossible to get together with Christians who have died or haven t been born yet. And it s impossible to get together with all the Christians alive right now. So we meet in smaller groups. We each belong to a local part of the enormous club made up of all Christians. You probably think of church as the building you go to on Sunday.
Church always means groups of believers.
People are the church. But we have to meet somewhere. Since we re the church wherever we are, people started calling the places we meet churches, too. The Bible gives us pictures to help us understand what the church is like. These pictures show that each Christian is an important part of the church.