Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

194 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 1

The essence of sound ecclesiology: The Church of God in Jesus Christ is central in understanding and appreciating the saving acts of God in Christ throughout salvation history, in today’s world, and in the age to come. • The Church of God in Jesus Christ is critically important in salvation history. • The Church of God in Jesus Christ is integral in its imagery in trinitarian theology. • The Church of God in Jesus Christ has great implication for us in urban missions today.

“. . . on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” ~ Matthew 16.18