On May 1, 2023 the US Surgeon General released an Advisory on “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation”. This advisory paper is subtitled “The Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community”.

2,000 years ago, Jesus of Nazareth came, teaching that the greatest need of humanity is restored relationship with God, and the gift of social belonging in the Family of God. He gave his life as the Son of God to restore us as Sons and Daughters of God. God designed the local church to be the single most powerful human experience of genuine love and social belonging, by embodying the Family of God.