Who said build a building and call it a church??

Answer 1

A church is not a building. The word correctly refers to the group of people who meet (often in a building) to worship God. At the beginning of the Christian faith, there were no church buildings. People meet in homes, at a market place or cafe, or (in Jerusalem) in one of the porches of the Temple. They would study and worship together there.

The first mention of anything approaching a church building is in Acts 19:9, where the apostle Paul made use of an existing school building to hold daily teaching and worship services for two years in Ephesus.

The first actual church building did not come until during the reign of Constantine, when the ban on the Christian faith was lifted.

There is no commandment anywhere in scripture saying to build a building or to use it as a meeting place for the church. But common sense dictates that having such is meeting place is the easy, cheapest, and most convience way to house a church family.

Answer 2

Well God commanded that a temple be made and Solomon did it. Before then it was the Tent Of Meeting...the name church came later form the churches that started out in houses but grew to big to meet there anymore.

Answer 3

The church is not the building. It is the people. The building is just an edifice where we go to worship.

Answer 4

look it up in 300 ad... the idea was taken from greek philosophers speaking in front of a group by the pagan catholic religion.

a few good books by james rutz about it or check out sidroth.org and look up james rutz under radio shows.

Answer 5

The same guy who thought fancy dress makes you a priest.

Answer 6

probably the same one who thought it was too rainy/wet/cold/hot...to be sitting around listening to another

Answer 7

I am sorry..no help here