New Life in the Church

The blood of Christ not only brings us to God. It also unites all believers. When we are baptized, we become part of God's household, which consists of all God's children. The Bible calls this household the body of Christ, or the church.

            "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body..." (1 Corinthians 12:12,13).

We are to live out the new life in God's family. We are to share all our happiness and sadness, blessings and suffering with other members of the family. God wants us to live in a spiritual community to learn to serve and give.

When we come together to worship God and encourage each other, we allow Christ's life to flow through this community and out into the world.