One of the clearest statements on community - “That is what the church means: ekklesia, call out. It is not a voluntary society of those whose chief concern is to share, to build community, to enjoy fellowship, to have moral instruction for their children. Rather, it is a society of those who have been chosen redeemed, called, justified, and are being sanctified until one day they will be glorified. The very fact that we gather says something, implicitly trains our imagination in a way. “ Gathering indicates that Christians are called from the world, from their homes, from their families, to be constituted into a community capable of praising God … The church is constituted as a new people who have been gathered from the nations to remind the world that we are in fact one people. Gathering, therefore, is an eschatological act as it is the foretaste of the unity of the communion of the saints.” James K.A. Smith
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 13:30:48 +0000
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