teaching and accountability. In the congregation there are two levels of teaching, so in the typical growing American church this may mean that two services become necessary. “Church” or “congregation” in Hebrew, Greek, and English refers to the gathering of people who belong together, to congregate. Often Jesus taught the gathered disciples, which became a large number indeed. But he also taught “the multitudes.” That included the inquisitive, the inquirers, the seekers, the semi-followers.