The Church is not God’s mission- God’s mission has a church. As followers of Jesus, we begin by dwelling with Him so He can fill us. In receiving His presence, we are like living stones, holy and unified, being built up into a spiritual house. Together, we are to be saturated with God’s Spirit, bringing His presence and love into the places we go, filling the world with His glory. As God reconciles the world He has called His church to be a small working model of this new creation- a Jesus-shaped church.
