Our single aim when we come together is to accomplish the Divine mission laid out for God’s people in Ephesians 4, where we are told that Jesus Christ has given gifts to individuals "to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12-13). The God given purpose of a local church is to equip it’s members for their work of ministry outside of the walls of the building we assemble in. As a local church, we are called to challenge our members to be disciples of Christ.