What Is Church?

(This is not a test, but a reality check.)

Pentecost was the birth of the Early Church.
Pentecost means "fifty."
Here are 50 questions about the church.

1. What is church?
2. Why do people go to church?
3. Where do you go to church?
4. Why do you go to church?
5. Do you enjoy church?
6. Are you a member of a church?
7. Do you go to other churches?
8. Do you feel you have a part to play in church?
9. What do you do in church?
10. Who do you talk with in church?
11. Do you have intimate friendships with others at your church?
12. Where do you sit in your church?
13. Do you see the same people at church?
14. Do you invite people to church?
15. Who leads or does most of the talking in church?
16. Do you remember what is said after church?
17. Do you invite anyone home after church?
18. What do you talk about after church, when leaving?
19. Do you feel a conviction to change after what you've heard at church?
20. How often do you go to church?
21. Would you want to go to church more often?
22. Do you give of yourself or of your finances at church?
23. Do you feel obligated to give in every offering at church?
24. Do you participate in worship (sing, dance, bow, etc) or just listen at church?
25. How important to you is church?
26. Are you satisfied with your church?
27. What would you change about your church?
28. Does the clock control or limit your experience at church?
29. Do you ever disagree with what is said at church?
30. What do you do when you disagree with something said at church?
31. Who determines what will happen, and when, at church?
32. Are traditions important at your church?
33. What is the focus or vision of your church?
34. Are your needs being met at your church?
35. Do you feel God's Presence at church?
36. Do you ever see a miracle at your church?
37. Is there any fasting, sacrifice or prayer done at your church?
38. Are there any gifts of the Spirit operating in your church?
39. Are all the gifts of the Spirit operating in your church?
40. Do you believe in a Spirit-led church?
41. What does the taking of communion mean in your church?
42. Do you have a passion for your church?
43. What does holiness mean to your church?
44. Should anything be done to change church?
45. Did anyone in the New Testament build a church building or organization?
46. Did Jesus tell anyone to build a church building or organization?
47. Why did people change church?
48. Why do people keep building more church buildings