Bible Verses about “purpose of the church”
The Bible contains 19 verses about purpose of the church across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”
“not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.”
“teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.”
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.”
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:”
“He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;”
“for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;”
“Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,”
“They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.”
“Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.”
“You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
“coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.”
“I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”
“who in time past were no people, but now are God's people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.”
“in whom you also are built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.”
“in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;”
“being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;”
“So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,”
“to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,”