I’m seeing a failure in our testimony for the Gospel. 

The world now believes that churches are closed or shutting down. 

How is that even possible? 

Jesus told Peter that He would build His church on the rock called Peter and that the gates of hell would not prevail over it (Matt 16:18). 

But COVID-19 can?

We are the Church. 

The building we gather in over the weekend is only a meeting place. Whether we meet there or online, we, the Church, can never be shut down. 

If the world around us doesn’t know that we are the Church, what gospel could we have been sharing all along?

During positioning exercises with ministries, I have often seen a big disconnect in their teams’ responses when they answer the following questions:

1. Who are you?
2. Why do you exist?
3. Whom do you serve?

If we realized who we were and our raison d’être, we would definitely not let those we serve think that churches are shutting down.