For example, Acts 7: 38, in the King James Version, tells of Moses being “in the church in the wilderness, ” that is, among the congregated nation of Israel. In another instance the Scriptures state that “a bitter persecution started against the church, ” referring to the community of Christians in Jerusalem.
स्वतःला ख्रिस्ती म्हणवणाऱ्‍या लोकांपैकी असे म्हणणाऱ्‍यांची संख्या अलीकडे वाढत चालली आहे, खासकरून पाश्‍चात्त्य देशांत.