Last week I was listening to a podcast series from Erwin McManus, pastor of Mosaic in Los Angeles. He gave the best definition I have heard for the church:
"The Church is the tribe of Jesus moving throughout human history, loving one another and serving the world in love"
This definition resonates with me because it rises above mere denomination by defining oursleves in Christ and nothing else. we are not defined by our ethnicity, culture, economic status, or gender, but by our identity in Jesus. It also takes the Church to task becuase if we are not loving one another and loving the world, we really aren't being the Church of Jesus.
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