Last week, we took the early church as our example.

They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

And we reflected together what it means for us as a college community to participate in the church being one, holy, Catholic and apostolic.

Meeting one another, first of all, as brothers and sisters in Christ and supporting one another.

meeting in prayer and praise to express our faith and dependence on God and so live in the holiness that is Christ's.

to remember that we are part of a church that spans the ages and the globe, having the church all over the world in mind, the persecuted church, the missionary church, the church in the past and the church to come, and all the different expressions of church, longing for that wholeness of the church.

Please persevere and enjoy the rest of the talk.

When asked in a doctrine exam and what are the four marks of the church, you're likely meant to channel the Nicene Creed in which we confess that we believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic church.

Four key traits, one holy Catholic and apostolic.

What does it mean to say that the essential features of the church are unity, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity? And what does it mean for us? I hinted at yesterday that how we understand church is actually quite complex.

In one sense, the church is the body of Christ, and therefore there can only be one body.

Back in Acts two, there was already more than 3,000 people.

By now, it's billions of people all over the globe, all through history.