What is the Church? It's a family.
I guess the title should be "What is the Church meant to be?" Maybe I'm just being optimistic here but anyway... You could say I have "grown up" in church, I started going around age 4 or 5. The first couple churches I went to I admit, were NOT a good influence on me. As a child I would say things like "I'm not friends with non-Christians" or slap a girl in the face because she said "there is no God". Yeah. I grew up as a very closed minded, conservative, up-tight, judgmental...(you name it) sort of "Christian". Thank God for forgiveness and friends and experiences that helped me learn, grow and change. When I was in high school I was in a good youth group, in a nice church but I have to say it wasn’t until recently that I have truly seen what the Church is meant to be. Before we moved to Seattle we came up to look for a place to live. We were having a really hard time finding a place that wo...