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Titles and Names of the Church

48 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

45 sections

Assembly of the Saints

Psalm 89:7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.

Assembly of the Upright

Psalm 111:1 Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

Body of Christ

Ephesians 1:22–23 And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church, …
Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

Branch of God's Planting

Isaiah 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

Bride of Christ

Revelation 21:9 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Church of God

Acts 20:28 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

Church of the First-Born

Hebrews 12:23 in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Church of the Living God

1 Timothy 3:15 in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

City of the Living God

Hebrews 12:22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

Congregation of Saints

Psalm 149:1 Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song — His praise in the assembly of the godly.

Congregation of the Lord's Poor

Psalm 74:19 Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

Dove

Song of Solomon 2:14 O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
Song of Solomon 5:2 I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Family in Heaven and Earth

Ephesians 3:15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

Flock of God

Ezekiel 34:15 I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.
1 Peter 5:2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

Fold of Christ

John 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

General Assembly of the First-Born

Hebrews 12:23 in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

God's Building

1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

God's Heritage

Joel 3:2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they …
1 Peter 5:3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

God's Husbandry

1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Golden Candlestick

Revelation 1:20 This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Habitation of God

Ephesians 2:22 And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

Heavenly of Jerusalem

Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Hebrews 12:22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

Holy City

Revelation 21:2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Holy Hill

Psalm 15:1 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?

Holy Mountain

Zechariah 8:3 This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

House of Christ

Hebrews 3:6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

House of God

1 Timothy 3:15 in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Hebrews 10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

House of the God of Jacob

Isaiah 2:3 And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word …

Household of God

Ephesians 2:19 Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

Inheritance

Psalm 28:9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
Isaiah 19:25 The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”

Israel of God

Galatians 6:16 Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.

King's Daughter

Psalm 45:13 All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

Lamb's Wife

Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
Revelation 21:9 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

Lot of God's Inheritance

Deuteronomy 32:9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

Mount Zion

Psalm 2:6 “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Hebrews 12:22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

Mountain of the Lord's House

Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

New Jerusalem

Revelation 21:2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Pillar and Ground of the Truth

1 Timothy 3:15 in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Sanctuary of God

Psalm 114:2 Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

Sought Out, a City not Forsaken

Isaiah 62:12 And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

Spiritual House

1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Spouse of Christ

Song of Solomon 4:12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Song of Solomon 5:1 I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.

Temple of God

1 Corinthians 3:16–17 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? …

Temple of the Living God

2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

Vineyard

Jeremiah 12:10 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
Matthew 21:41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

Related topics

Temple of the Indwelling of God The Excellency and Glory of the Church Temple of Christ, the Head of the Ekklesia (His Community, his Body, Cf Defilement of Unholy Doctrines Houses of the Church The Dove of the Church

Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.