Now, we're not doing that, and I think that's self-evident today. It's one of the great tragedies of our time. When people's hearts and values are changed, the politics and the structures of the society will change accordingly. And that means that Christians must first of all recognize that they are part of this body. We are not lone rangers.
Christians are part of a body.
It's a community of faith. You cannot fulfill the Great Commission apart from the church. It is the only institution supernaturally endowed by God. Most of the time what we are doing is allowing the pastor to do most of the work for us, as opposed to the pastor equipping God's people for works of service so that the body of Christ may indeed be built up and strengthened. We have a completely distorted view of the church.