Where do you go to family?  That question doesn't make much sense, does it? Family is not something you attend. Family is a group of people you are connected to. And so is church.

Our modern idea of church as either a religious building or a religious meeting that you attend is a long way from the New Testament idea of church.

Church in the Bible is the family of God. It is a group of people in a family relationship -- a community of believers. The Greek word that is translated "church" in English, literally means "the called out ones". Church is a body of people "called out" to live like Jesus Christ.

So where do you go to church? Well, in reality, you can no more "go to church" than you can "go to family". If you are a child of God then you are a part of the church -- the family of God.

Do you remember the old rhyme: "Here's the church, here's the steeple, open it up and here are the people," Do you remember the hand motions? Well, we got it backwards. It should go: Here's the church (and we wiggle and show our fingers in our hands to represent the people), here's the steeple, and here's the religious building. Okay, it doesn't sound quite so poetic, but it is much closer to the Biblical idea.

All genuine Christians are part of God's church. We are His family.