The Mandela Effect and Defining Church

What is church? Do we know what the Bible says about this or have we just readily accepted things that have no basis in reality or the Bible? I am not talking about having a verse for every single thing we do. I am talking about the broader mission, vision, and identity of church. Have we compromised and adopted models that would be unrecognizable in the early church?

Do we readily accept new definitions of church without a thought because they are so prevalent today? I believe we, in America, are culturally predispositioned to accept a corporate model of programmatic church because it promises success and results (two things we are big on in the West) and have largely not matched these practices up against the Bible.

The Mandela effect comes from a belief in the 80s & 90s that Nelson Mandela had died in prison when in reality he died in 2013 as a free man. Some things we come to readily accept without ever checking it against the Bible. These things become reality in our own minds. We must be careful and take care to examine the scriptures to make sure we align with Jesus.

[diannaroeder]

My husband and I were just having this very discussion yesterday. He is a lapsed Catholic who has read nor studied very little of God's Word in the Bible. By the Grace of God, I had a Living Word response to this query. Praying to continue studying to always be ready with an answer to passion for my faith in God.

[JVMC_ZR]

One of the most obvious Mandela effects is KJV 'Numbers 23:22'. I remember it saying "wild ox", but at same time in NKJV it still says wild ox.

[roccodonato]

Yeah. Okay. And the Ma'mas and the Pa'pas always sang "pretend to pray" in the California dreaming song. We all know it was "began to pray."
And you must not notice the LED white sun or the moon rising in the west. Nothing to see here. Move along all is normal.

[nicsmada]

🤦‍♂️ WROOONNGG! HE DID SAY "LUKE" I AM YOUR FATHER!" 😆... NO... REALLY HE DID. 🤨

[crossbro]

thanks ive fallen for it for ages but not anymore not after seeing all the evidence the mandela effect is a mind trick

[kingofusa]

Jesus Christ, who knows these things.. 🤷‍♂️

[jeremybartlett]

Is your favourite food the Waffle? What a bunch of nothing-words. Did you end on a rhetorical question?