What is The Church?

We live in a religiously divided world. Among believers in Jesus there is great debate about what the church is. Currently there are hundreds of well-established denominations and it seems that on a weekly basis there are new churches being established – many of which are evolving into their own denominations (some community churches today are now “branching out” with satellite churches). I am convinced that when Jesus determined to build His church, He did NOT intend to see the division and compromise so prevalent in our midst.
This study is intended to examine what the Bible teaches about the church, both in spiritual relation to God and locally.