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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
OK, there is a lot I don't understand. But let's assume for a moment you are right. The church is something more than a few believers meeting over coffee.
So here is my question, what do we call a meeting of 3 saints over coffee?
Do we call it a gathering? Ekklesia is a gathering of the believers. That would be confusing.
So what would the NT call this little get together, with a couple of saints breaking bread together, meeting into the name of Jesus? (Also, I assume these saints are using our recipe in the alternate threads on how to make a good cup of coffee).
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If they have the Lord's table, it would be "church". If not, it is just fellowship. Consider Paul's fellowship with Peter for 15 days:
Gal 1:18 Three years after his conversion, Paul journeyed to Jerusalem to meet with Peter and stayed with him for fifteen days.
We cannot say that this verse implies that Paul and Peter were a church or that their fellowship was a church meeting.