The community of faithful believers, of whom Jesus Christ is the head, called out from the world to serve God down the ages. Scripture emphasises that the church is the body of Christ whose members are intended to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Scriptural understanding of the church is corporate, rather than solitary or individual.

This set of themes consists of the following:

7024 church, nature of
7024 church, nature of
7024 church, nature of
7025 church, unity
7026 church, leadership
7027 church, purpose
7028 church, life of
7030 unity