Group Identity and Healthily Correction

Joy and hesed are the glue that holds a community together, making room for personal growth and development. The question then becomes, what are we growing into, and how do we keep only that growing? 

This is where the two other elements of relational soil that form disciples of Jesus come in. These two focus mostly on character formation, specifically the change in becoming a welcoming church. 

Group Identity says, “This is who we are in Christ.”

Healthy Correction asks, “What do our people do when we forget who we are?”

These last two may be the hardest to live out. They speak to the foundations of our stories. They challenge the group identities we've inherited from our culture. They call us into the new life of Christ—and with new life come little deaths. But every little death is met with resurrection and the renewal of Christ. God never takes more than He gives.