Sunday I will wrap up my sermon series on essential doctrines, “Relevant Orthodoxy,” with a message on the Church. There are 34,000 different Christian denominations in the world, highlighting what we already know; there are many different opinions of what the church is. This Sunday it is not my intention to solely promote the “Baptist” conviction of church, although I would be insincere if I didn’t recognize my bias in that direction. As with all the areas of doctrine we have considered in this series,  I want to look at this from the most basic, foundational concepts of what the church is. But I also want to show us the Church in the context of our relationship with God and His high calling for us in the church.  While the Church in America is facing some decline and with the decline some opposition, I believe the greatest days of the church in America are before us. Ephesians 1:15-23 speaks to us of the hope and the calling we have in the church as well as the great power God desires to unleash through His Church. Join me this Sunday as we discover the amazing, the powerful and beautiful Church!