The church in Philippi was a community of Jesus followers situated in the Roman empire yet called to be a radically different type of people than Rome. Followers of Jesus today, like the followers of Jesus in Philippi, have to learn how to be a new sort of Kingdom and community while living in another kingdom and community. Paul, who planted this church, called the followers of Jesus in Philippi and, in many ways, calls all followers of Jesus today to be a “Colony of Heaven.”