God created the church . . . to be the ultimate community for life transformation. God designed the church to be the primary setting in which we can be equipped and challenged to encourage and help one another.
For some reason, however, we have gravitated toward building models based on tasks rather than on relationships. That's why many people today say that the church feels more like a corporation than a community. The tragedy is that men and women in need depend on various support groups outside the church because we haven't figured out what it means to be community.
~ Escaspe from Chur h, Inc., p. 192
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