The name, “Church of Christ” was never intended by God to be an institutional slogan. The “Church of Christ” is intended to be a description of who and whose we are. It is about identity. And we carry our identity with us, wherever we are. We are a church belonging to Christ. This changes the way we not only understand ourselves, but how we live in the world. Since the church is the body of Christ, individually and collectively, then how we behave among ourselves and in the world matters.
We assemble not as an event to audit, rather, as participants in God’s life in Christ. To think of church in terms of a limited amount of time on Sunday is to woefully miss the mark of being the “Church of Christ.” It is a dynamic, organic life in being the “Church of Christ.” We are not the only ones committed to being a church belonging to Christ.
Let us walk in humility and hold on to Christ, tenaciously, in word and deed to the glory of God. It’s enough for any given day.