There is a tendency in society to measure our lives in comparison with other people.  How have we done as a parent in comparison to other parents? At work we are often evaluated relative to the performances of other people. We love to brag about our favorite sports team when they are doing well in comparison to a friend’s team that is not doing as well as ours. The Church is not immune from the practice of comparison. When there is a church that has had some success in a certain ministry it is easy for other churches to compare themselves to that church, wondering why they are not having the same results. That comparison often leads to copying what another church has done, expecting the same results, but being disappointed that God did not replicate the fruit with them. God has designed the church on a few foundational principles that can be applied in different cultures, and throughout the many generations that span the age of the church. What works in one church may not work in another church. What worked in one generation may not work in the next generation. Instead God calls the local church to be devoted to following the basics, implementing those in light of the unique community and cultural setting that church is doing ministry in. Join us this Sunday as we consider from Acts 2 What’s a Church to Do and make some unique application to our ministry right here in the Cape Fear Tidal Basin.