November 27, 2023
John 13:34-35; 14:15-27; 17:6-26; 1 John 4:7-21; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; Gal 3:26-29; Eph 4:1-6 — Church is not something we go to. Church is something we are. In Christ, being Christ-centered, we are the Body of Christ; we are community-concerned. As the one Body with many members we are the image, the likeness, of the Holy Trinity. We are an expression of the holy love, the fellowships and the unity of the Trinity. We represent, live out, and proclaim the self-expending, self-sharing, other-regarding, other-affirming, community-forming love of the triune God so that the world will believe that God so loved the world that He gave himself to save the world.
This concludes our series, Christ-Centered, Community-Concerned, exploring our church’s mission-vision statement in light of the book of Colossians. What does this mean and what does it look like in our personal daily lives and in our church life and ministries? How does this shape our thoughts, minds, attitudes, words, and actions? Credit is given to the following sources that informed and were used in this series: Dallas Willard’s Renovation of the Heart & The Spirit of the Disciplines.
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