What does a church need to be a church?

CONFLICT. You might have thought I was going to say LOVE or something. Yes, for a church to be a church, it needs LOVE, but it also needs CONFLICT.

Conflict is healthy.

We see Paul in a conflict with Barnabas. The ISSUE was should John Mark go with them on their missionary journey or not?

Paul felt he should not and Barnabas believed he should, but in the end, after a sharp disagreement, they parted ways.

So now, there is not one team, but two teams who went out to share Christ. The amount of people who were ministered doubled because of a disagreement. Looks like God turned a bad situation into good.

Conflict does not always end in destruction, but when handled properly, it can be constructive.

CONFLICT was a part of the first century church, and it is still alive today.

I learned that in one of the apostle Paul's letters, he ended it by giving John Mark props.