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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
Jesus never started a church. He was the inspiration for others to start churches in his name, but if anyone thinks that what we know today as Christianity or "the church" is a manifestation of Jesus' vision & purpose, they're mistaken.
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The other side of that point of view is that Jesus' vision and purpose was to start a Church. Jesus' message wasn't one of spiritual isolationism, but to unify people into the family of God. St Paul always taught that there is one baptism for the family of God, one Church of God.
The mistake is to believe that Jesus had no part in forming the Church of God on earth.