The Gathering Dayton - Where Grace and People Meet

Real Faith | Real Difference

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Real , authentic, genuine. They seem little more than marketing terms. It is so hard to tell the genuine article from great imitations these days. We imitate jewelry, food, even people. Yet, no matter how good the imitations, you can always tell the real thing. So it is with our faith. Many people today only imitate what they perceive to be faith. Oh, they mean well, but they say and do things that aren’t genuine and profess things they don’t really own. In this series, we are going to discover that faith…real faith, is different. Real faith matters. It is impossible to possess a real faith without God. And, with God, real faith will make a real difference in you!

CONNECTION

First we want to help people to Connect with God on an authentic basis. This is not about religious conformity or plastic clichés. No, we want people…people far from God, and people who have known Him for decades to move in close for a real, personal, and intimate relationship with Him.

COMMUNITY

Next, we want to encourage and equip people to move into a Community with Others. We need each other. Yet, for past hurts, broken trust, or personal issues, we tend to keep others at a distance. Real community, though, is the place that God has created for us to experience the journey of life. It is here that we share each other’s burdens, victories, and love.

COMPASSION

The third leg of our mission is to share Compassion with our Community. We cannot be obedient to our calling to follow Jesus Christ until we have engaged in genuine action and compassion for the least, the last, and the lost. So, we will seek to be the hands, feet, mouth, ears, and heart of Jesus to a hurting world around us. We must show them that there is a loving Savior who loves them and cares deeply for them.