What Is The Church?

It is probably criminal to admit this as an Acts 29 Candidate, but I have not yet read Vintage Church by Mark Driscoll. Despite this, I just saw this quote from the book on Jonathan Dodson’s blog and thought it was too good to pass up. Here is a definition of the church that serves as an excellent description of what we are to be all about:

The local church is a community of regenerated believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord. In obedience to Scripture they organize under qualified leadership, gather regularly for preaching and worship, observe the biblical sacraments of baptism and communion, are unified by the Spirit, are disciplined for holiness, and scatter to fulfill the great commandment and the great commission as missionaries to the world for God’s glory and their joy.