"The church is God's appointed agency for the salvation of men.
It was organized for service,
and its mission is to carry the gospel to the world.
From the beginning it has been God's plan that through His church shall be reflected to the world His fullness and His sufficiency. The members of the church, those whom He has called out of darkness into His marvelous light, are to show forth His glory. The church is the repository of the riches of the grace of Christ;
The church is God's fortress.
His city of refuge,
which He holds in a revolted world.
Any betrayal of the church is treachery to Him who has bought mankind with the blood of His only-begotten Son.
From the beginning, faithful souls have constituted the church on earth.
In every age the Lord has had His watchmen,
who have borne a faithful testimony to the generation in which they lived.
These sentinels gave the message of warning;
and when they were called to lay off their armor,
others took up the work."
Acts of the Apostles p.9,11 E.G.W.And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery,....
might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Ephesians 3:9,10
