There is a lacuna in systemic theology where the subject-matter of the doctrine of the church is not given adequate attention and comprehensive coverage. As Luis Berkhof candidly observes, among the outstanding theologians treatise there are those that have, “no separate locus on the church in their dogmatic works and in fact devotes very little attention to it” The doctrine was viewed as an appendage to other topics which did not warrant an independent and considerable attention. The study of the doctrine of the church was dabbled in which generated more heat than light. Hence the subject matter of the church.is “a very familiar and a very misunderstood topic” The study of the doctrine of church is prone to assumptions and misrepresentations necessitating a crystal clear definition. It goes without say that, “the systematic articulation of the spirit work among cooperative people of God is ecclesiology of the doctrine of the church.” 

The church and the concept of the community are inextricably intertwined and the doctrine of the church cannot be adequately comprehend without being viewed as a community of the divine Holy trinity and the community of the human beings that is the innate and irrevocable desire of every human being. It is an insatiable human craving, “community- fellowship-communion is a fundamental human longing.”  The church is indeed a fulfilment of the human aspiration for fellowship and communion and this desire for belonging cannot be satisfied except in the community of the church. This is because of the fact that, “The communion of the church is prefigured, made possible and sustained by the communion of the trinity.”   Hence the church as a community is enabled and derives her germ from the triune God where there is unity, diversity and equality in the trinity. There is also subordination in roles but in the essence of the persons. This truth should be gleaned in the formulation of the doctrine of the church that the church has a correlation with the doctrine of the trinity. This is vividly captured by the eminent Theologian Jurgen Moultmann sermon entitled, The Triune God: Rich in Relationships that, the church is an icon of the trinity. Its community of freedom and equality illuminates the image of the triune Gog. This is best expressed in the base communities of Latin America and in some Pentecostal communities, communities of social Justice and personal freedom modeled on communities of the early church which lacked nothing because they had everything in common.”