We don’t go to church, we are the church. We don’t only meet together on a Sunday, but we are the body of Jesus living lives of influence as pastors in our cities every moment of every day.  And because we are people of influence, we are leaders, blessed to be a blessing wherever we go.

So much did this truth impress itself on me, that after preaching a sermon on how Christians are members of the body of Christ in the world in which they live and how each member has been empowered by the Holy Spirit, I took an unusual step.  I asked the congregation to stand and …