What does “Let’s go to church” mean to you? Or “Let’s have church”? What was Jesus’ intention when He said, “I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18, NIV)? When people say, “Let’s have church,” they’re talking about a service—as in, “We’ve got to go to church once a week.” But that’s not the way God looks at it. Church is not a building. The church is a group of people. The Greek word is ecclesia—a group of people called out [...]