“The community is therefore, not only the receiver of the Word of revelation; it is itself revelation...The community is the body of Christ. Body here is not just a metaphor. The community is the body of Christ; it does not represent the Body of Christ.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Christ the Center, 60
The Church is God's incarnation
today. The Church is Jesus' body on earth. The Church is
the temple of the Spirit.
The Church is not a helpful thing for my individual spiritual journey.
The Church is
the journey. The Church is not a collection of “soul-winners” all
seeking to tell unbelievers “the Way” to God. The Church is the
Way. To be part of the Church is to be
part of God—to be part of God’s Communion and to be part of God’s
ministry. To belong to the people of God
is to enjoy relationship with God and live out the purposes of God. The Church is God’s present day word and
witness to an unbelieving world. And, most importantly, the Church is the only true means to be transformed into the likeness of God.
Tod Bolsinger, It
Takes a Church to Raise a Christian
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