The word “Church” does not always bear the same meaning in Scripture. It sometimes means the people of Israel, wandering in the wilderness (Acts 7:38). On other occasions it means a Christian society, either a household (Rom 16:4–5) or throughout a city (Acts 8:1) or a district (Acts 9:31; 1 Cor 16:9). Sometimes it means the society which comprises all the sons of God, redee…