A thing we make and a person who are created

This photo is a construction of a place for worship. Church on the Rock in Nakanoshima used to be a tenant but we bought it and the next door and renovated it.

Christians in Japan call a place for worship “Synagogue”. This is used as the same meaning of Synagogue for Jew’s meeting place, so when Christians in Japan build a new building, they call a construction of Synagogue.

However, a church in the Bible is “Ecclesia” and it means “people who believe and are called to get together”. " Synagogue" means a “place” for a religious meeting and Ecclesia is “people” who are gathered in the name of Christ.

Building can be rebuilt but the Holy Spirit is the one who transform people. The growth of a church is totally different from the standard of this world. When God who is the creator and people who are the creation become one by faith and love, a church is built on the rock.

Jeremiah 18:6