Understanding the Church: The Biblical Ideals for the 21st Century

What did the Lord mean when He said, "I will build my church"? What is "the church"? What were His purposes for forming it? With what resources did He endow it? Did He provide guidelines for its structure and operation?This book attempts to answer these questions by first establishing the primacy of Scripture in all matters pertaining to the church, then moving on to explore the nature of the church, the character and life of local churches, and the autonomy and interdependence that govern interaction between them. In the process Understanding the Church gives us a clear picture of what the church can and should be in the twenty-first century.John H. Fish III is the author of 'Understanding the Church: The Biblical Ideals for the 21st Century', published 1999 under ISBN 9780872139015 and ISBN 0872139018.