What is the Church?

We live in a time where it feels like the importance of the church is diminishing. We certainly have the stats to reinforce our feelings. If unchurched Americans were their own nation, they would be the 8th largest nation on the planet. Yet, out of the 156 million unchurched, 2 out of 3 say they are spiritual. How can this be? Perhaps it is because a growing number believe they don’t have to go to church to be a Christian. How much is the local church a part of your life? And, what does all of this have to do with being rooted, firmly established in Jesus Christ?