1 Corinthians 12:6 “There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.”

I have been thinking as of late about the different kinds of churches in America. Going from Elevation to Center City has really broadened my perspective of how things work in the church. I love both churches and, where I feel called right now to be a part of Center City, I still love and admire the staff and volunteers at Elevation so much. I cannot help but to believe in what they do because I have seen what they have done to change lives, including most powerfully and up-close, my own life.

So in comparing the two I can’t help but to be curious as to which one is the right way to approach church. Center City has become a vessel to help me grow and I am so thankful for the family that I have there. But I don’t think any one church is the correct way to carry out fellowship or the Message, only the way in which they feel called. There is good in any way to bring the Gospel that is truly truly set in the way of the Lord.

This verse just reveals to me that fact. That both churches are working in different ways, but this does not disconnect them. The message is the same. God is there in both churches, they are just different hands reaching out. One is broader and reaches more people at the moment – it is loud and it is boisterous in its awesome confidence in the Lord. And I am glad for it! To step forward in the power of Christ is something that I needed someone to help me do. But Center City is an involvement and a fellowship that I have needed for sometime. And where Elevation was the initial catalyst which I am ever so thankful for and which I’ll never stop being a part of, God is using Center City to grow me and they are personally knowing me and pushing me to serve as Christ has served. It is striving for humility in Jesus’ name, at a level which I have never seen, and is already growing me and the family there around me so deep.

I am excited to see where both churches are going and am so glad I have been a part of both.

-Brij

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