Through a desire to evangelize and severe isolation, I discovered my God-given need as a human for belonging to a communal church. Working as a waiter in the subculture of the food business has shown me the importance of church members living in community for sharing the gospel. Furthermore, our postmodern culture does not want facts nor words but to actually experience the gospel. Now the gospel is the message people hear from us, but they also examine the messenger. There is no better witness to the world than a whole host of messengers/witnesses who not only meet on Sunday but also live close enough together to gather all week for all sorts of practical reasons. Indeed, they will know us by our love for one another.
Secondly, once I found out how hard it is to support a family of three and go to school at the same time, I desperately needed a solid church body. We found one of the best ones in Fort Worth but even they do not live near one another. So I cannot do life with them as needed, and we cannot showcase each other off easily to our lost friends as examples of Christ’s grace in our lives.
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