keynote
BUILDING
RELATIONSHIPS
THAT PREVAIL
“So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house,
they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favour with all
the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved” Acts 2:46-47
Jesus said that he would build his church and the gates of Hell would not prevail (Matthew 16:18).
True church is built on and through quality relationships between believers. The above passage
from the book of Acts describes the life of the fledgling church, and it is a pattern of spiritual life
that we seek to emulate here at Kensington Temple.
The people met as a congregation in the temple, regularly celebrating and consolidating all
the spiritual activity taking place in people’s homes and relationships in everyday life. The early
church shared with, and cared for one another everyday of their lives. They were thankful, full of
worship, and had hearts that were simply satisfied with the Lord – he was enough for them. God
poured out his favour upon his people and they in turn reached out to their community, winning
people to Christ every day.
Kensington Temple is a cell church, and that means we understand that the essential work
of the kingdom of God works best in small groups gathering during the week for encouragement
and outreach and then joining together to celebrate in larger congregational meetings.
Every week we welcome new people to Kensington Temple, but we also recognise that
autumn time is a period when many new people come to London to study or work. If you are
new to us, we do hope that you will find a spiritual home with us. For those of us that have been
at home in KT for a while, let us meditate on the above passage from Acts and strengthen
ourselves in the vision of the house.
Colin Dye
Senior Minister
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