Bible Verses about “the importance of church”
The Bible contains 16 verses about the importance of 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.”
“For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.”
“teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.”
“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.”
“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;”
“Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.”
“They continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.”
“Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.”
“What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.”
“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.”
“but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”
“For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.”
“Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.”
“When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.”