In search of a perfect church - make yours caring, loving

A Columbian came to faith in Christ through reading the Bible and soon after his conversion immigrated to America.Here he began searching for a church where he could grow in his newfound faith but became confused by the number of churches from which to choose. Finally he settled on a test for choosing the church he would make his own. He would know he had found the right church, he said, when he sensed the kind of love between the members that he had read about in the Bible.This believing immigrant's test for finding the right church may not satisfy everyone, but I am challenged every time I remember his keen perception of the climate of love among those early believers following the resurrection. A return to that kind of affection for one another would bring new life to any congregation.Still, experience has taught me that there are people who could attend such an awakened, loving church and not be content.


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