Joining the Local Church

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,

…so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.