INTRODUCTION

Two weeks ago, we started this series talking about the places God has already put us.

• Your workplace.
• Your school.
• The people already around you.

And we said:

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You don't have to go somewhere to be sent.

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Last week, we talked about what it means to be On Mission in the Church.

• There is a difference between going to church and being the church.
• Jesus is not building an audience. He is building a body.
• THE BODY GROWS WHEN EVERY PART DOES ITS PART.

Today, I want to widen the circle again.

Because God doesn't only place people somewhere.

God plants churches somewhere.

Elevated Church is not accidentally in Pinellas County.

• We are here.
• We have neighbors here.
• We have schools here.
• We have families here.
• We have needs all around us here.

So the question cannot only be:

“How do we build a great church here?”

There is a bigger question: