THE CHURCH – By Os Hillman

September 24, 2015

TGIF Today God Is First Volume 2 by Os Hillman Thursday, September 24 2015 “Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you” (Lev 26:8). The Church is called to impact the world. The biblical definition “church” is not an institution or building, but rather it is made up of individuals. Jesus said “wherever two or more meet together, I am in the midst of them.” The biblical word translated as “church” is ekklesia which is the original Greek meaning “the people of God.” The New Testament used this word in two different ways. Sometimes it refers to people of God gathered together in congregations. That is our traditional idea of the local church. But other times it means believers in general, wherever they might find themselves. God calls the Church to be transformers of society through their collective influence. Jesus prayed that His Church would be unified in order for the world to respond to Him. “May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me” (John 17:23). The enemy of the Church is secularism, a religion that says there is no God. When local congregations fail to come together as a collective voice and operate instead as individual silos in their community society is given over to the evils created as a result of an unbelieving society. Conversely, when the Body of Christ – the Church puts its collective resources together to solve societal...
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Community Outreach – Chattahoochee Valley

We are inviting you to come join us for an unforgettable time as people from all over the area are gathering together to see our city forever changed!

For the past few years, we have seen churches from all different backgrounds gather together in unified prayer, worship and outreach. As a result, we’ve seen so many people step into a lifestyle of freedom to pursue God, to share their stories with others and to reach people with God’s love.

Join us for our local community outreach as we gather to scatter all over the city to share the love of Christ!

Schedule:
12:15pm – Doors Open
12:30pm – Worship and Training
1:30pm – Activation & Outreach
4:00pm – Head back to Church For Pizza and Testimonies