THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF COMMUNITY Community has the power to change us and the world. Community is both a gift that is given to us and a need everyone has. We were made for community. It is through community that we are given opportunities for restoring our nature as divine. We grow spiritually and experience wholeness through community. Community can be the scene where brokenness is healed. Times of aloneness can prepare us for more fulfilling experiences of community. Change-agent leaders use community to confront injustice and bring about a more just world. Love and acceptance are found in community. Barriers to community are many and are adding to feelings of loneliness and isolation. However, these barriers can be overcome. We can find meaning and purpose in community. We can discover who we were meant to be and how our unique personalities and gifts are useful to others. Community is necessary for the redemption and salvation of the world. While God is the One who redeems and saves us, most of this work is done in the numerous contexts of community. God gives us the opportunity to work with Him in the important work of spiritual transformation and wholeness through community. Life is about relationships: relationship with God and with those around us. Come and discover the wonder, gift and power of community.
