Religion & Spirituality
The new life given by faith in Jesus Christ results in a new lifestyle. With the provisions given by God for salvation the new motivations of the believer are driven with the desire to please God in all manner and aspects of life. As individuals receive God's salvation He then places them in the Church, more specifically in a local church which is a manifestation of the universal. As believers the need for the continual teaching of God's Word to learn who God is, how to live to be pleasing to Him and how to serve Him with the means He provides will be life long. -As individuals are brought into the local church the diversity makes for an effective ministry with the various gifts, abilities, and resources being contributed for the benefit of the corporate body. God carries on His work in the world today through HIs Word ministered by His Spirit in the lives of individuals who live for Him and to serve Him.