Which Church is the Best Church?

Answer: the one with all the people in it.

I think part of the problem is that we've got it all backward.

We think the church is the building we show up to every Sunday.

But the word "church" in Scripture is ecclesia, which is a Greek word for "assembly" or "gathering," which ultimately means "people."

It seems confusing because there are so many different Christian denominations, but I think it's not confusing whatsoever.

For one, we're all different, and I think sometimes we gather with those who see things as we do. But we have to remember that right now, we only see through a glass, darkly (1 Corinthians 13:12) but one day, we'll truly have all the answers.

So in that case, how can we believe that only our particular denomination has it "right" when God Himself told Job he can't even begin to fathom His awesomeness (Job 38) and in Isaiah, we're told, "my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways" (Isaiah 55:8-9)?

Also, I think Satan likes to play on our differences. If following Christ is the true way of this life, then why wouldn't he want us to bicker over small details and think we're the only ones who have it figured out?

Remember, God wants unity and Satan? Disunity, hands down.

I've learned a ton from the different churches I've attended. I learned about beauty in suffering from Catholicism. I learned to have a more open mind from the Disciples of Christ. I've learned how to have a servant's heart from our current independent Christian church.

Maybe, then, church is just the people who acknowledge Christ as the Savior of the world and who meet regularly to encourage one another and to break bread, remembering what Jesus did for us on the cross.

And in that case? We've all got it right.