Transformed | Inspired | Called

The Fullness of Christ

- by Marilyn Rudy-Froese

In The Anabaptist Bible, the word “church” appears twice in 1:22-23: “God put everything under Christ’s feet and made him head of everything in the church, which is his body. His body, the church, is the fullness of Christ, who fills everything in every way.” The Community Reflection Note in the margin asks, “What does it mean for the church—for our congregation—to be ‘the fullness of Christ’?” That question resonates with me as I think about the 106 congregations that make up MCEC. 

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