Being the Church: Rediscovering What It Means to Follow Jesus Together

What if we've gotten very good at going to church-but forgotten what it means to be the Church?We attend. We listen. We serve. We join studies and programs. We measure attendance, celebrate growth, and work hard to build healthy churches.But Jesus told His followers to make disciples.Being the Church asks a simple but sometimes uncomfortable question: Are the ways we have learned to do church actually forming people who increasingly look like Jesus?Through Scripture, honest questions, and a practical look at life together in the body of Christ, Connie Bachtel explores discipleship, biblical community, spiritual maturity, leadership, participation, and the "one another" life the New Testament describes.This is not a call to abandon the gathered church or another argument for the newest ministry model. It is an invitation to look again at what Scripture says the Church is-and what might happen if ordinary believers began taking seriously their responsibility to follow Jesus together.The Church was never meant to be an audience.And disciples were never meant to grow alone.