As we’ve discovered in the “Underdog” series, God has a track record of using individual underdogs to do amazing things. However, throughout history, God also has a track record of forging underdog communities to accomplish His purposes. David’s “mighty men” in the book of Samuel is such a community. Before they meet David, we are told that to a man they “were in distress or in debt or discontented.” However, under David’s leadership, God used them to do amazing things. God continues to fashion similar communities to this day. Jesus called it “the church” and he declared that the “gates of Hell would not prevail against it.”