(not the building!)

YOU are the Church

Consequently, you are no longer

foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens

with God’s people and members of

God’s household, built on the

foundation of the apostles and

prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as

the chief cornerstone.

(Ephesians 2:19-20)

What is God’s purpose for the church?

To be a holy temple in the Lord where he dwells by his

Spirit.

In him the whole building is joined

together and rises to become a holy

temple in the Lord. And in him you too

are being built together to become a

dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

(Ephesians 2:21-22)

What is God’s purpose for the church?

To be a holy temple in the Lord where he dwells by his

Spirit.

If you are the temple of God,

are others seeing the glory of God

in that temple?

Church is about participation

not passivity!

Passivitation

WHAT???The idea that we have participation through

passivity

“All of these must be done for the

strengthening of the church.”

(1 Corinthians 14:26)

“What then shall we say, brothers? When

you come together, everyone has a

hymn, or a word of instruction, a

revelation, a tongue or an interpretation.

All of these must be done for the

strengthening of the church.”

(1 Corinthians 14:26)

Church is about participation

not passivity!

Do you receive value from your church

involvement?

Are you adding value to the church community?