"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
issues, our enemies; crime, poverty, sexual perversion, etc. will fall
by the sword of a unified Church.
God is birthing city coalitions of His Church among congregations in the
city in order to fulfill John 17:23. Are you willing to be a catalyst
in your community to see His Church take back your city?
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