if your goal is to see a church formed that holds fast to Christ and each other through all seasons of life, one that doesn’t walk away when things get messy, hard, or uncomfortable, one that will receive correction, plead for fellowship, not neglect the gather together of the saints as many are in the habit of doing, give of their time, energy, effort and resources to see the body edified, God glorified and His Kingdom magnified than this will absolutely prove to be successful.

I spent over a decade working with the people of God, concerned with the business of God, and surrounded by the things of God. And yet I remained ignorant to God.