Question:
When meeting “new” Christians (new to me) almost always the question rises: “To which church/denomination do you belong?” My answer is “None.” I know I am a Christian and am in fellowship with other Christians that gather unto the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, but while I may understand this, they often do not. Sometimes people are just interested in this to have an idea of your background (to put us in a neat little category), not to have a lengthy discussion on church truth. How should I respond?

Answer:
What I usually say is that “I go to a place where a group of Christians gather unto the name of the Lord Jesus and we study God’s Word, worship God, and seek to be led of the Holy Spirit in all our meetings and fellowship together.”

There are a lot of different things you can say such as: “We are a local representation of the body of Christ, the church, as seen in 1 Corinthians 1:2. In addition to spending time together praying, worshipping God, and studying the Bible, we also have gospel meetings. These are designed to show unsaved people of their lost, ruined condition as hell-deserving sinners and that they can be saved eternally and fit for heaven by believing that Jesus took their sins on Himself when He died on the cross.”