{"id":13371,"date":"2021-04-11T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/?post_type=sermon&#038;p=13371"},"modified":"2021-08-12T14:48:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T22:48:39","slug":"the-church-god-sends","status":"publish","type":"sermon","link":"https:\/\/mpcbc.net\/english\/sermon\/the-church-god-sends\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church: God Sends"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13371\" class=\"elementor elementor-13371\" data-elementor-post-type=\"sermon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b995d5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b995d5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-126696f\" data-id=\"126696f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95d7ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95d7ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Church: God Sends<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-92aa122 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92aa122\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf095b7\" data-id=\"bf095b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-788f93d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"788f93d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"widget-content\"><p>We&#8217;ve reached part 10 of the sermon series Essential Doctrines of the Faith.\u00a0 This week, we discuss the doctrine of &#8220;The Church.&#8221;<\/p><p>What is a church? 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