Trick Question

What makes the church the church?

Is it the worship? Is it the senior pastor? Is it God? Is it a particular set of beliefs? Is it meeting on Sunday?

Here's what I felt the Lord say to me just now...

God: Preston what makes the church the church?
Me: You do God.
God: No. I am everywhere. What makes the church the church?
Me: great worship and great preaching.
God: No. Thomas sings at home and that's not church. Robert preaches at home and that's not church. The difference is this...what makes the church is the people. Preaching doesn't make the church the church. People do. Worship doesn't make the church. People do.

So what makes a church great? No, not great worship and great preaching.

People make church great.

How do you make your church great?