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For too long, we've tried to squeeze God's Kingdom into the systems we already know, but the Church Jesus envisioned offers something radically different. While the world's systems exploit our divisions and brokenness, the ecclesia of Jesus rushes in to fill those fractured places with reconciliation and hope. This is a community that reaches across every barrier—age, culture, ethnicity, background, and social position—because each person carries equal and unsurpassable dignity and worth. We're not called to be against the world, but compassionate for it, becoming salt, light, yeast, and a pleasing fragrance that transforms everything we touch. This happens not through individual effort, but through radical cooperation—a willingness to work together for collective flourishing in ways that defy conventional wisdom and challenge the systems that keep us divided. The Gospel calls us out of private life and into shared life, because Christianity simply cannot be understood apart from community. The world we create together isn't just about what we do; it's the beautiful byproduct of who we are and who we're becoming. This vision is compelling enough to be worth the sacrifice it requires—a local, personal, embodied Church set loose to fill everything in every way.
By Port City Community Church5
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For too long, we've tried to squeeze God's Kingdom into the systems we already know, but the Church Jesus envisioned offers something radically different. While the world's systems exploit our divisions and brokenness, the ecclesia of Jesus rushes in to fill those fractured places with reconciliation and hope. This is a community that reaches across every barrier—age, culture, ethnicity, background, and social position—because each person carries equal and unsurpassable dignity and worth. We're not called to be against the world, but compassionate for it, becoming salt, light, yeast, and a pleasing fragrance that transforms everything we touch. This happens not through individual effort, but through radical cooperation—a willingness to work together for collective flourishing in ways that defy conventional wisdom and challenge the systems that keep us divided. The Gospel calls us out of private life and into shared life, because Christianity simply cannot be understood apart from community. The world we create together isn't just about what we do; it's the beautiful byproduct of who we are and who we're becoming. This vision is compelling enough to be worth the sacrifice it requires—a local, personal, embodied Church set loose to fill everything in every way.

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