The Most Amazing Story Ever Told

Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

are incorporated into God’s great family, a community where these new believers learn the rules of our faith and walk in the ways of the Nazarene. In their repent- ance and baptism they embrace an entirely new identity as new characters in the Story of God in Jesus. To join the family is simultaneously to embrace the Story. Likewise, in her spiritual formation, the Church embodies, indwells, and acts out the Story. As she practices her disciplines for the purpose of spiritual formation, she participates as a major actor in the Story. Through the charisms given to all Christians by the Spirit in authentic community, every Christian can take his/her role as a 21st-century actor in God’s cosmic drama. And, as the Church testifies and bears witness of the Good News, she fleshes the Story out for all to see. In her preaching and outreach she boldly communicates and demonstrates the Story through acts of hospitality and generosity, and through evangelism and mission. Our aim is simple. We strive to so live out the Story before the lost in order that, through our words and deeds , they may learn of its wonder and be attracted to its gracious invitation. Truly, then, the Church is the people of the Story. In every way the Story shapes her identity, inspires her worship, and fuels her passions for God and love for others.

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