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Originally Posted by Koinonia
Then, how can one small group refer to itself (or consider itself) as the church in New York City?
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I will answer your question with an example. Suppose you and your family are called the "Koinonia family". If you are in New York, are you not the "Koinonia family in New York"? Now if half of you spends time in one part of New York, and the other half spends time in the other part of New York, are you not still the "Koinonia family in New York"? So you see, even though your family is smaller because half of you are somewhere else, you still refer to yourself the same.
Now suppose that the "Koinonia family" moves to London. Do you change your name? No, you are the "Koinonia family in London".
You can see that your identity and your name comes from who you are and not where you are and how big you are.