This body exists by the power of God to and for the glory of God. Bringing glory to God is our primary aim because it is God’s primary aim (Exod 6:6-7, 9:14-16; Isa 11:9; Num 14:21; Hab 2:14; John 17:1-5, 24; Eph 1:11-14; Rev 4:8, 11, 5:9-12, 7:9-12, 19:6-7). Because God is glorified as His people are increasingly conformed to the image of His Son (Rom 8:28-29), the primary function of this body is the proclamation of the Word of God, heralded in word and modeled in deed, that the saints might be taught, reproved, corrected, and trained in righteousness, to the end that we would be complete and equipped for ministry (2Tim 3:16-17; Eph 4:11-12), to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (Eph 4:13).
