HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, August 9, 2024 – There are two churches active today: The worldly church and the genuine Church of born-again, Holy Spirit-filled believers. Anyone can join the worldly church, but only those invited by God are in the genuine Church.

The worldly church covers all denominations, from Catholic to Orthodox to Protestant and beyond, and stakes its authenticity in allegedly being the successor of Peter. The genuine Church has no denominations and needs none because it is the one true enduring Church whose cornerstone is Jesus.

The worldly church exists in commercial buildings and online and in people’s homes, but the genuine Church exists only in the spiritual realm of God’s Kingdom.

The worldly church was started likely the same day as the genuine Church (at Pentecost, 50 days after Jesus’ resurrection) but got a major boost in membership when the pagan Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire back in the fourth century A.D. Today, the worldly church is still growing by leaps and bounds and constitutes the largest religion in the world, with an estimated membership of 2.63 billion souls. The membership of the genuine Church waxes and wanes and is far, far less than 2.63 billion souls. A major decline in membership is prophesied for the genuine Church before Jesus comes back.

When most people think of Christianity, they think of the worldly church. This is unfortunate, as the worldly church is full of false prophets, false doctrines, pagan rituals and practices, scandals, corruption, and excess. It’s also full of proud sinners who have no intention of repenting. The worldly church is and has been since its inception the biggest deterrent preventing unbelievers from considering Christianity as the solution to their problems. From this alone, you can clearly see who its head is.

It’s helpful to draw a line between the worldly church and the genuine Church, but those in the genuine Church should otherwise let the worldly church be. God does. Jesus calls these people “the blind leading the blind” and tells his followers not to interfere with them. Let them find comfort in lies, if lies are all they want. Those who sincerely want God’s Truth will run to God when it’s time, and God will welcome them into his Church.