Throwback Thursday: The Church is a Building
Note: This was originally published on July 20, 2020. — Ed.
In secular Greek, at the time of the New Testament, the word ekklessia meant an assembly or a gathering. In the New Testament it is used a jargon word that for those who are gathered by God as His people. See, in particular, Acts 2:47, 5:11. 7:38, 8:1, and 9:31. We often translate ekklesia into English as “church, but in English the word “church” is more than just people.