Our Lord’s commission to His church is, “As you are going, make disciples,” He describes His followers as going, and instructs us to make disciples. The simplest rendering of the mission of the church is to make disciples – committed followers of Jesus Christ.
The specifics of making disciples are multifaceted. Discipleship is honing the craft of walking with God; it includes being trained, sharpening spiritual disciplines, being shaped in Christ’s likeness. One could say that discipleship is living the gospel.
Discipleship is life as worship. As we worship God we sense Him by walking with Him and delighting in Him; then, in the outflow of that walk and delight, we love God by serving Him, pointing others to His goodness and perfections with compassion, grace, truth, and humility.
Let me put it in a slightly sharper statement. It is not good to include God in your plans. (Stay with me…) God calls you to be included and have a specific part in His plan. Here is how the apostle Paul put it…
“You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body…”
~1 Corinthians 6:19-20
The Grace Bible Church vision is:
We are an intentional community of grace that loves God, demonstrated by loving people in a culture of discipleship.
The word culture describes a common way of thinking and acting – all of us engaged in following Jesus and helping others follow Him. Discipleship is one life coming along side another to walk together Godward.
Let’s be All In! worshipers, drawing near and holding fast to the confession of our hope. Then let us move out with our faith! Let’s resolve to be the fragrance of Christ to each other first, then to FRAN.*
“Let us expect that God is going to use us. Let us have courage and go forward, looking to God to do great things.”
~D.L. Moody
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