Who is the true church? (Jesus, gospel, crucified, beliefs)

[phernduke]

Many different religions claim to be the true Church, under Armstrong teachings and fellow founder Gerald Flurry, he believes the Phildelphia Church of God is the true church, and being saved is null, unless you are a member of his church, mormons, and jehovah witness are also in the same boat.

What are your views of which is the true church and why?

What is the true religion and why?

or is religion a sin, for Paul wrote some say they are of Apollos or of Cephas, but they were not crucified for them, but Christ, so why all the diversity, should then, there be not just one church?

A kilikos, as in Greek meaning universal church?

[Scuba Pete]

The only church is described in Acts. We need only follow the guide therein.

[Original Freak]

You're basically just asking people what their religious beliefs are, just phrased differently.

[Silvanus]

That's the very reason why I don't believe in organized churches. All they do is divide the central teachings of Christ and make them out to be something they're not. Jesus did not have an organized anything, he simply taught the crowds wherever he wanted to, and they would sit down to listen and be healed. The true church is the Gospel, not a building.

[Lloyd]

I'm going to go for Catholic Orthodoxy on this one and say that all people who are baptized in Christ make up the one Church. This then would include most Christian denominations. Even though there may be differences in creed and organization within this one Church it is nonetheless a single body. It's also important to note that the Church is the body of Christ. You can divide up the body however many times you want, but it's still one Christ.

[EnhancedSpirit]

I know that Horton heard a 'who', but I didn't know a church could be a who, I thought it was a 'what'.

[cardero]

Repeatedly the Scriptures refer to the body of true Christian teachings as "the truth" and some religions have spoken of this as the way of the truth." (1Tim. 3:15; 2 John 1; 2 Pet. 2:2). I would tend to believe that the religion that bases all their beliefs, their standards for conduct, and organized procedures would be contenders for a true church.

[Scuba Pete]

The church has always been the 'Called Out"... the ecclesia. It is an organism not a building.

[ch'ang]

It bothers me that there are so many different churchs in christianity even the "radical" are so similar that it makes me wonder how people think its a different religion. To me there all the same

[SarahBeara]

I'm sure there is no true church because I highly doubt any denomination has gotten it right yet.