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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

The visible church refers to the institution called ‘the church’ that has visible participants whose names appear on the roll of a local congregation. In most churches anyone who makes an outward profession of faith (and meets other criteria for membership) is admitted to active fellowship in the visible church.
R.C. Sproul