When Jesus introduced the concept of the "church" in Matthew 16, it wasn't as a social group or even as something that had weekly meetings. There are plenty of other Scriptures that reference the importance of gathering together. He introduced it as a militant force in the earth that the gates of hell would not be able to resist. He introduced it as a force that would release the Kingdom of God into the earth. 

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