God has made us uniquely for service to one another. When we abandon that uniqueness, we abandon God's will for our lives.
A healthy church is made up of individuals with a full range of emotions, intellect, free will, and the ability to function independently. God has created each person individually in His own image. He does not want to waste the uniqueness of any of us. He has given us many unique gifts that He wants us to develop in service to Him. The church is one body of many members. We must continue to come together as a group so that God can use our individual gifts for the benefit of all who worship Him. As healthy faith grows,… we delight in finding that we do not have to live in the image of another person – only in the image of God.
-- Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton in More Jesus, Less Religion
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