Is the church Jesus founded INVISIBLE? Where did the "invisible church" idea come from, and is it anywhere in the Bible? In this episode, former Protestant pastor Kenny Burchard puts the invisible church to the test of Scripture and finds five marks of a very VISIBLE church, from the day of Pentecost to the gates of hell. Here's the problem: the phrase "invisible church" appears nowhere in the Bible. Nobody taught it for the first 1,500 years of Christianity. It was invented in the 16th century by the Reformers, who needed a new definition of "church" after they broke away from the visible one. This episode shows what the Bible actually describes.

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0:00 Intro: The "Invisible Church" Claim
3:40 Where Did the "Invisible Church" Come From?
7:02 Mark 1: Baptized into a Visible Body
12:09 Mark 2: Visible Officers (Bishops & Deacons)
18:04 Mark 3: It Can Discipline & Remove Members
22:33 Mark 4: United in Doctrine & Sacraments
27:01 Mark 5: Gathered at the Eucharistic Table
29:10 Ancient Voices: Ignatius, Cyprian & Augustine
33:18 Three Questions for the Invisible-Church Believer
34:56 The 12th Text: "I Will Build My Church" (Matthew 16)
37:09 Outro

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