Connect #001

Fr om the Bishop's Desk
Bishop Rev. Dr. Albert Wong
Building a Church Aft er God's Own Heart
Christians today hold different views on the church. Many
Christians like to attend churches that have lots of people,
worshipping in beautiful and grand church buildings
which are fully equipped. Some Christians choose to
attend churches with lots of activities, above par praise
and worship teams, as well as full of warmth and love. As we come
to build the church of God, we cannot just follow human opinions;
we must return to the Bible, to study the teachings of Jesus, the
model of the early church and the teachings of the apostles, in
order to build a church after God?s own heart.
What kind of church is a church after God?s own heart? I want to
share the following five aspects for us to reflect together.
1. A Church That Pursues Unit y in One Spirit
The desire of Jesus is for Christians to pursue unity. According to
John chapter 17, in His final parting prayer, the Lord Jesus pleaded
with the Father specifically for the unity of the disciples and for the
unity of the church through the age: ?And I am no longer in the
world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy
Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that
they may be one, even as we are one. ? I do not ask for these only,