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Originally Posted by OBW
I think that one problem that plagues almost all analyses of "church" or the "ekklesia" is that it is not entirely certain in what context the word is being used as a general term concerning the totality of believers, whether in a small area or region or even universally, or of a single, practical meeting/assembly of believers.
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How do you define basketball? Does it have to have 10 players on each side, two coaches, a couple of refs a regulation court and some time keepers? What if there are only 5 on each side and no one sitting on the bench? What if it is half court, is it still basketball? Do you have to practice together before the game or can you choose sides and play without any preparation? Is that still basketball? What about 3 on 3, is that basketball?
No doubt Michael Jordan was a "gifted" basketball player, but would you get these gifts if the only game in town was the NBA? Don't you need the pickup games and the park and every level of organization to develop and support a league like the NBA?
Since this is the way things work, why does it have to be that different for the church?