This was written a few years back and I never put this on-line before. I never put it on line because it is unlike my normal style. I was trying to be as simplistic and as accessible as possible. Not sure if that makes it better or worse then my normal fare. To my eye it seems a little condescending and I already have issues with arrogance coming through with my writing. But I decided to put it on line so I would have some kind of back up of it in case something happened to the electronics at the house.

What is a church? What is the function or purpose of a church? Throughout history these questions have divided those who have called themselves Christians. In part, that which is historians call the “protestant reformation” was about the nature and function of the Church. But even among those Christians commonly considered to be “Protestants” there is much division historically and otherwise as to the nature of what the church is and what its purpose is.

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