The above cartoon was meant to be a funny illustration of the sectarian thinking of many people today. Sadly, it represents the mindset of more people then we might care to admit. Recently, two of the saints were told by members of two separate churches that Springfield, Ohio, a city with a population of over 70,000 people, was only big enough for one church. Of course, in their minds, that “one church” was "their church". Sad thing is that neither "church" will have anything to do with the other because both see themselves as being "IT".  And if your "IT", no one else can be "IT".

The Bible teaches us that every born again believer is a member of God’s church. Salvation makes you a member of this universal church. Indeed there is only one church and that is God’s church, which is headed up by Jesus Christ.  

When people begin to look here or look there at a particular building or a numbered group of people and call that the “Church”, they seriously depart from sound scriptural teaching. Jesus said that the kingdom of God does not come with physical observation but rather the kingdom of God resides within us. People who are saved from sin and walking in obedience to God’s Word make up the church.  

In reality, God would have His people be free from all of man’s churches and be directly connected to Jesus Christ, the Head. If everyone who is truly saved would come out of all institutionalized churches, with their man-made creeds and traditions, and let Christ be the Head, God’s people would indeed be united in one body.