Church in Three Dimensions | The Church as Gift

2026-01-13

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“When we stop treating the Church as a gift, we turn it into something else — a possession.” How does the word church make you feel? In this opening sermon of the Church in Three Dimensions series, we reflect on the Church as something that is better and worse than we imagine — and yet, by grace, a gift from God. Drawing on Acts 2 and Ephesians 2, this sermon explores the Church not as a project to manage or a possession to defend, but as a gift we receive in Christ and are called to share with others. Relevant links:

“When we stop treating the Church as a gift, we turn it into something else — a possession.”

How does the word church make you feel? In this opening sermon of the Church in Three Dimensions series, we reflect on the Church as something that is better and worse than we imagine — and yet, by grace, a gift from God.

Drawing on Acts 2 and Ephesians 2, this sermon explores the Church not as a project to manage or a possession to defend, but as a gift we receive in Christ and are called to share with others.

Relevant links:

https://publicchristianity.org/video/oppressive-or-liberating/

https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334066125/giving-the-church

https://scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9780334066484/life-together

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