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Originally Posted by Evangelical
There was no need to call them "true local churches" because the false ones (denominations) did not exist yet.
The fact that Jesus calls them churches, with a lampstand, in a certain locality, proves that to Jesus, a genuine church is a church in each locality.
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Not at all. "A genuine church in each locality" indicates more than one church. The New Testament is very clear, not with inference but black and white words that there is only one church.
Jesus also is very clear in the Gospels that there is only one church that He is building.
Since all believers worldwide are members of this one church it is more reasonable and logical to conclude that any gathering of these believers has the potential to represent this one church.