Day 31: The Church

June 11 • Bible reading from Ephesians 4:11-16 The Church

Belief: "The church is God’s primary way to accomplish his purposes on earth."

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Text:

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some
to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of
Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of
God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fulness of Christ. Then we will
no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.


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Take a Minute:

List the words that come to mind when you hear the word ‘church.’

How does your list differ or look the same to the Ephesian church?