We want to see the gospel growing to be more real and more relevant to our thoughts, attitudes and actions so that we’re being transformed to be a fit body for Christ our Head, a beautiful bride for our Husband, the Lord Jesus when he returns.

Gospel Communities aren’t based around a program or around meetings but around relationships. They’re about making the most of the good, natural and necessary rhythms of life and in those rhythms looking to grow together AS followers of Jesus, and to reach out together to our friends in order to grow MORE followers of Jesus.

Neither community or mission will grow unless we are explicitly intentional about what we’re aiming for and how we’re aiming to achieve it. Getting some exercise and hanging out with friends are just happy by-products of the main goal – growing followers of Jesus.

Building community and being on mission aren’t separate activities but can be achieved together. Most of us struggle to know how to bring the gospel into conversation with our non-Christian friends without it feeling forced. But when the gospel is part of our shared identity it’s easy to make it a natural part of our conversations with each other and then to include our friends in those conversations.

While this example only involves a few members of the GC directly, it’s still a bona fide activity of the GC. This reflects the relational and organic emphases of GC life – sometimes we’re all together, sometimes it’ll just be the girls or the boys, other times just a handful at a time.

In fact, in this example even though only a few guys are on their bikes, there’s more to the story than meets the eye. Their wives are at home looking after kids and getting the day underway, bikes and other riding gear have been given as gifts by GC members to make it happen, and other members of the GC are praying for growing relationships.

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