Relationship to the Church

Relationship with the Church

Scripture Readings

Acts 2:42-47  The Fellowship of the Believers

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching(C) and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread(D) and to prayer.(E) 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles.(F) 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common.(G) 45They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.(H46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.(I) They broke bread(J) in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people.(K) And the Lord added to their number(L) daily those who were being saved.

Romans 12:4-5

For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.