Quotes about Community

The church was custom built by Jesus, and we are all works in progress. We do not expect people to get their sin in order before attending church any more than a hospital expects people to get healed before they show up.

Spirit-led Jesus followers recognize that they are imperfect Christians working with other imperfect Christians to serve a perfect Christ. When we love and give to one another, then we grow as individuals and as the family of God.136

Everyone is in a tribe, and the sooner we realize we are not each unique, like a snowflake—a special, one-of-a-kind person, just like Mama said—the sooner we will make sense of ourselves and the spiritual cul-de-sac we call home. You are likely not unique, particularly special

In the opening pages of Genesis, we see that our Trinitarian God made everything "good." The only thing that is not called "good" is that our first father, Adam, was alone. He had creation below him, and God above him, but no one alongside of him to walk as an equal.

I cannot think of any Christian person, family, church, ministry, or tribe that would not benefit from more Jesus!

older generation accounts for only 19 percent of the national church, they give 46 percent of the donations.

Many modern Christians will take the best programs from every church while committing to no church. They even have a name for it: "church shopping.

Not all parachurch ministries are bad; in fact, the best ones foster collaboration across churches for important ministry and unity.

Most Christians are sheltered within their own groups and are too busy arguing with other Christians to notice the sad state of Christianity in a broader sense.

The sad truth is that we live in a world that encourages selfishness, independence, convenience, isolation, and using people rather than loving them.

We believe that the local church is a community of regenerated believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord, and that the universal church is all of God's people in all times and places.

The least likely person you'll see in church is a single twentysomething male. He is as rare at church as a vegan at a steak house.