Expert: Clive Heath - 5/18/2011

Question
what is church? how many members be received into the church?what is salvation? what is justification?and how do you disciple a member in the church?

Answer
Hi Tony,

A church is a place where people worship God, I know that sounds silly, but it does not have to be a conventional building, a church can be in a house, a school hal, out in a field. Wherever people are in worship or discussing the word of God,is a church.

Regarding members, there are no real set numbers, in my church in the UK we have a bout 30 members from a fellowship of 60 - 70 people.

Salvation means to be rescued or the word we used is saved. We are saved by the love of God, based on the attonement brought by His son Jesus Christ. We have to believe that Jesus accepted death in our place. Accept that He died for our sins and let Him into our life, then we are saved.
Justification is by faith alone and not through good deeds, deeds that are seen to be good are not always done in faith, but for appearance only.
As it says in Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith alone, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

To Desciple a church member, first of all they have to stand out from the rest, they must know the scriptures and without replicating Jesus be able to take the word of God to wherever he is called. In a way we are all Desciples in our own way. I take the Word of God and its meaning to all that will listen. And it is by Gods will that we do so.

Hope I have helped.

Regards and God Bless

Clive