Adam Hamilton Research Paper

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"Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God."
- Acts 20:28

This past Sunday, Pastor Caleb preached about what it means when we claim that we believe in the church. The church provides us with much in our lives, such as support, strength, and mean. As members of the church, we are called not only to be a part of this community for what the church does for us, but also we are called to be a part of this community by what is does for others.

In Adam Hamilton's book Creed, the book that we are reading for our small group series, on page 117 Hamilton says "if you are a follower of Jesus, it's not just the you need the church, but that the church needs you!"
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But the church offers us a different call. We are not called to the church family only because of what it does in our lives. We are called to be a part of the church because the church needs each one of

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