Abide, Grow, Connect

One's personal transformation as a disciple of Jesus bears greatly on the transformation of the church they regularly attend. As the apostle Paul writes, "from Christ the whole body promotes the growth of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part," (Ephesians 4:16).

At our church, a primary way we promote the growth of the body is by focusing on 3 key relationships: our relationship with God, our relationship with those in Christ, and our relationship with those not yet in Christ. These relationships have been expressed as: "Up," "In," and "Out". At Grace, we use the terms: "Abide," "Grow," and "Connect." In this message, we'll dive a bit deeper into what this all means.