Needed, A New Way to Meet Part 2: The Church and Her Nature

What if the deepest roots of your faith aren’t where you think they are? Gene Edwards challenges the idea that our Christian origins lie primarily in the Hebrew religion, arguing instead that our faith is rooted entirely in the Godhead and the eternal experience of Christ. In this stirring message, Gene Edwards explores the divine nature of Christian community, stressing that the foundation of the church began with Christ and His twelve men in “personal informal fellowship”. He suggests that the earliest church life was “totally informal” and “utterly without ritual,” centering wholly on Christ Himself, not on singing, theology, or worship. The true purpose of the church is to be a place where Jesus Christ feels at home. This insight demands that we seek a recovery of the centrality of Jesus Christ, recognizing that the church is first a divine entity and a community, not merely a gathering or a meeting. Gene Edwards invites you to consider what happens when fellowship moves beyond patterns and organizations and becomes the organic operation of divine life itself.