I have been hurt, let down and disappointed from time to time in every church context where I have belonged – plenty of practice in forgiveness, and in asking forgiveness because I have treated others badly too!  But I have seen by revelation something of how God views the church so I will not let go of it! 

We all have a basic human need to belong, because we are created that way.  God wants us to be part of interlinked communities that together reflect His glory… I wanted to recover a vision for what God’s people, the church, can be – much broader and more diverse, much more relational and experimental than most of us dare believe.