Being the Church
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Language is a powerful thing, including what it causes us to think of. Many times when we use or hear the word "church" we picture a place you "go to" - a building, campus, or meeting space. We may utter the common phrase, "I'm going to church," implying that when we're in a building we are "at church" and when we leave that building we're done with "church." Without realizing it, this language can box in how we think of God. |
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The Bible reveals that the original community of Christ-followers in the First Century was a movement... a fully-alive relationship of "people and God" restoring each other and the world into its original image. While gathering together as the Church was a priority, so was staying in connection with God and each other every day. |
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"BEING the Church" means that we don't limit God or the impact He might have on the world through our lives in any way (including turning our faith into a mere 90 minute event on a Sunday morning). When everything is stripped away - the building, events, and activities - the presence of God is still there and we are His church! That means all space can be sacred - our house, the car, a restaurant, the beach, a movie theater, cubicle world, the carpool lane - if we choose to engage the presence of God.
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And so as much as we value meeting together for services that expose us to thrilling truths and an awe-inspiring god, Connection Church is really about what Jesus Christ does in us and through us every day of the week. We strive to be a community where everyone is growing in "the Way of Jesus" and allowing Him to live His life through ours so the world will change from the inside-out.
We have been changed to bring change!
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