​Many “go to church” for a directed Sunday “service” performed by the “anointed” few in an odd building where they:

  • Sit in regimented rows;
  • Listen to a monologue “sermon” by the “Lead Pastor;” and
  • Are entertained by a staged “worship” band.

Some, however, “are the church” as they unassumingly gather in homes and other hospitable places where life naturally happens to participate together through:

  • Shared teachings with open dialogue and discussion;
  • Singing God’s praises together from among and within the congregation as they encourage each other; and
  • Each and every one actively ministering “one to another” out of the different gifts God distributes among them – including diverse elders – as a functional community.

Which “church,” do you think, looks more like what the New Testament actually commands?