What is the true church?

Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches.

Now that's a bold statement. Am I right in saying that the Pope is articulating, "I'm right and everyone else is wrong!"

What is the church? The church is simply the people of God.

The Latin word for "church," ecclesia, comes from the Greek ek, which means "out," and Kaleo, which means "to call." The "called out ones."

The church is people. You and I. Anyone who confesses that Jesus Christ is both Savior and Lord.

The Church is the people of God called out of slavery to freedom, sin to salvation, despair to hope, darkness to light, an existence centered on temporary death to an existence focused on eternal life.

I would suggest that no man is the head of the church - Jesus is the head of the church, His body, broken for us that we might have an abundant life in Him.