Christ in me, if authentic, should look different than Christ in you.

After all, there are no cookie-cutter disciples in the New Testament.

That’s why mono-churches, which revolve around one gifted man and his own calling …

Are an abomination to church as the New Testament actually commands it.

So stop trying to subjugate yourself to someone else’s measure of Christ, which is rooted in God’s unique gifts, callings and motivations for them …

Rather than His different gifts, callings and motivations for you.

Instead, let’s learn once again to function as the multi-part, multi-gifted and multi-functional Body of Christ.

Only there, as we learn to minister to one another can we mutually build up each other as commanded in the New Testament …

Through vibrant diversity in Christ rather than stifling dependency under some particular “leader’s” own abilities, vision and ministry.