The Importance of the Local Church
By Kyle Dunn
Celebrate what God is doing in other churches. Mingle with your extended family in Christ. Find out how to help and bless a church plant in your area. Pray for other congregations and their leaders. This has spiritual significance beyond PR optics. God is glorified in our gospel unity, even if we are not uniform in how we revere Him.
Yet, do not minimize the optics. Unbelieving onlookers will notice when Christians in their city move from silent competitors to vocal teammates—cheering each other on and speaking well of each other.
All who name Jesus as Lord are our brothers and sisters, worthy of our love and prayers. They are also our co-laborers, worthy of our enthusiastic support as together we go after the harvest, gathering worshipers for Jesus (Matthew 9:35-38). Same Lord. Same goal. Same team.
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