The GCM Collective has identified some of our key distinctives and are working an explanatory paragrpah for each one. Here's the third ...

3. All community is missional and all mission is communal

The Christian community is created by the gospel for the gospel. So its defining purpose is to glorify Christ by proclaiming and demonstrating the gospel to a needy world. Christian community cannot be introspective. It is always seeking to bless its neighbourhood and proclaim Christ to a lost world. Because the Christian community is the apologetic of the gospel, mission is not a lone activity. Wherever possible we want to do mission together and introduce unbelievers to the Christian community.