serving the city part 2

Second, the Church must serve the community because the Church needs to regain her identity and mission.

The Church in North America has had the tendency to become inward and institutional. We’ve been found in the huddle studying the plays and focusing only on our own team often without ever getting out on the field playing the game with people who don't go to our church. Our focus has become more church-centric than focusing on the mission of God.

What's exciting though, is that at the Church's core, the Church is made to be God's people expressing God's love to the world. When we're reminded of this and we're encouraged along in practicing that, we begin to get back to our identity and the mission at hand. We are blessed to be a blessing, and God works in and through us giving us His joy and courage and vision along the way. I love the Church! I love that God draws us together in Him and then sends us out together in Him. I love the hope for the world found in Christ and that we have the awesome responsibility and privilege to go be ambassadors of the Gospel!