the nonbelieving Gentiles on the one hand and the nonbelieving Jews on the other hand. At the time of Paul, in the middle of the first century, “being in Christ” meant to be a part of the new community of believers, the body of Christ, that was meant to include all people, Jews and Gentiles alike. The new community is called the ekklēsia, a term that we translate today as “church.” This is highly misleading because the term “church” invokes the image of a religious community and its identity and