I need to find a bible passage that describes the Church as our mother, can anyone help??

Answer 1

Gal 4:26 talks about "Jerusalem above" as our mother.

"Jerusalem above" is God's wifely organization.

This organization produces Jesus as the firstborn son and also adopts anointed christians.

The Christian congregation is "heavenly Jersusalem" and the congregation is the bride of Christ.

Answer 2

I could not find it in the Bible. I searched under Church and Mother. I think it is something that has been by word of mouth in the church.

The title Mother of the Church does not mean that Mary somehow founded the Church. It means that, because she is the Mother of Christ Who is the Head of the Church, she is also the spiritual Mother of all the members of His Body.

the Church gives birth to us in Baptism and nourishes us in the Sacraments, so she is indeed our spiritual Mother. Catholics traditionally call her "Holy Mother Church". But the Church is a corporate entity, not a human person, and we are used to mothers who are individuals, with whom we have a personal relationship. We obviously cannot have such a relationship with Mother Church, yet we can with the Virgin Mary. She is the Image, Model and pre-eminent member of the Church, so she puts a "human face" on the Church's Motherhood.

Answer 3

Try this website...
http://www.newchurch.org/sermons/text/pdf/TheChurchasaMother.pdf

It will give you some ideas of how to present this topic.

Answer 4

www.biblegateway.com will allow you to search for specific keywords in Scripture