The community of believers founded by Jesus Christ is a sacred institution, built upon the rock of His teachings and the faith of His followers. According to Matthew, Jesus Himself declared that He would establish this community, which would be indestructible. In the New Testament, the terms "church of Christ" and "body of Christ" are used interchangeably, as seen in Romans and Colossians, to describe the unified group of believers with Christ as its head, as also noted in Ephesians. The apostle Paul, in Acts, also refers to the church as belonging to God, emphasizing its divine nature and purpose.
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And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.