Gospel Hope for Jamaica

Christopher Columbus described Jamaica as "a land of wood and water." Today it is a land of many beautiful church buildings as well.  I pass by this Anglican church every week in St. Elizabeth just outside of Santa Cruz.  I'm impressed by the building, but am reminded also that it's just a nice building--the church is the network of relationships, a 'community of light.'

"The Church is at the very heart of God’s purposes.  Jesus came to create a people who would model what it means to live under his rule.  It would be a glorious outpost of the kingdom of God, an embassy of heaven…our identity as human beings is found in community.   Our identity as Christians is found in Christ’s new community.  And our mission takes place through communities of light."  Tim Chester & Steve Timmis, Total Church, 50.