The Church

Pastor's Corner (Matt. 16:18) "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
In (1 Tim. 3:15), God calls the Church, "the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth." The word "church" in the Greek text, is the word "ekklesia, " meaning  "a called out assembly." Jesus began his church with Peter's preaching on the day of Pentecost, but founded his Church upon himself, the solid Rock. God's Church is not the church of a dead Peter, but rather the church of the living Christ. God sent Jesus (and his church) into the world to both save men, and assemble them together as an army. The church is a living and breathing entity of born again believers, empowered by the Spirit, and very much able to prevail over the gates of hell. God's power however is perfected in local fundamental independent assemblies, who reproduce Jesus both in themselves and in those they teach.