What It Takes to Be the Church | Whatever It Takes | John Hawkins | Clearview Church Shreveport

Описание: Loneliness and isolation are everywhere, but God never intended His people to do life alone.

In Week 4 (the final week) of the Whatever It Takes series, John Hawkins reminds us of a core truth: new life is always personal, but never individual. When Jesus calls us to follow Him, He also calls us into a new community, the Church.

Using Mark 1 (Jesus calling His first disciples), Acts 2 (the birth of the early Church), and Ephesians 5 (Christ’s love for the Church), this message explores what it takes to truly be the Church in a world that’s increasingly disconnected, divided, and wounded by bad church experiences.

You’ll hear:
Why “individual Christian” is an oxymoron
How the early Church became a community the world had never seen
Why the Church is both a gift and a challenge (because it’s made of real people)
How the Church becomes a “laboratory” of love, care, peace, and forgiveness
A call to go first: reach out, serve, welcome, forgive, and build up “one another”
Why we don’t abandon the Church when it’s imperfect, we commit to helping it become what Jesus intends

If you’ve been hurt by the Church, this message acknowledges that pain, and also invites you to see the hope: the risk of church is getting close enough to get hurt, but the hope of church is getting close enough to get healed.

📍 Message from Clearview Church – Shreveport
🎤 Speaker: John Hawkins
📖 Series: Whatever It Takes (Week 4)

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