1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
For a while now I have been a proponent for rejoining of the Body of Christ, the Church. I know it is almost unimaginable what would happen if the Body started moving together.
What would it look like if Christians stared working together, despite their differences?
That an inter-denominational group would raise money to build water wells in Africa.
Churches spend $19 Billion a year on buildings and AV equipment; while it would only take $9 billion[1] a year to make sure that EVERYONE in the world to have water. That we could continue to give the same amount of money & go with less when it comes to our comforts to make sure that everyone has one basic need.
To see groups of Christians come in mass to help rebuild Haiti, donating their time, talent, & money to those in need in the name of Christ. If for 3 months the Church, every congregation in the US, sent out 1% of their population to ad in rebuilding we would have 1,734,020[2] able bodied people to help. Imagine 1,734,020 people helping rebuild houses, stores, buildings & churches. It takes ~15 people around 3 months to build a house. In this time 115,600 houses could be built. This could house EVERY displaced person in Port-au-Prince, with 1% of the Church’s population in the US alone.
So what would it really look like if we started moving as the Body?
What would it look like if we, Christians, started identifying ourselves as a people group?
That people Christians could gather together in a coffee shop and talk, with no hostility, no anger, as friends, despite one being an Episcopalian, another Charismatic, and a Neo-Calvinist. That they would gather together as Christians, focusing on the Head of Christ as opposed to the differences between the ear, hand & calf.
I got to see a glimpse of what this would look like last Sunday. There was an event called The Sing, in sponsorship for the Spero Project, where Christians gathered together, despite their differences and sang praises to God. Featured Charlie Hall, Joel Limpic, Ben Hill and Marcy Priest playing music, and speakers from different denominations, like the Baptist Preacher, the Charismatic Overseer, the female Methodist Minister, and Reformed Pastor. Reading passages & praying together with 1,500 other Christians. In a place where there is an older man in a suit leaning on his cane and raising one hand to God and 2 feet away a chick with a leather jacket & mohawk doing the same thing.
What if we moved as one body, under the Head, to show other love & the Gospel?
Show me.
