Church

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.    Ephesians 2:19 - 22 (NIV)

The Church is the people of God, empowered by the Spirit, living under the reign of Jesus, and sent into the world as part of God’s mission to restore all things.  

THE CHURCH IS ROOTED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT STORY.

If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.    Galatians 3:29 (NIV)  

THE CHURCH IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE KINGDOM PROMISE.

THE CHURCH IS THE PEOPLE OF GOD. 

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household.    Ephesians 2:19 (NIV)  

THE CHURCH IS EMPOWERED BY THE SPIRIT. 

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.    Acts 1:8 (NIV)  

THE CHURCH IS LIVING UNDER THE REIGN OF JESUS. 

And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.    Colossians 1:18 (NIV)  

THE CHURCH IS SENT INTO THE WORLD AS PART OF GOD’S MISSION TO RESTORE ALL THINGS. 

“As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”    John 20:21b (NIV)