"Those of us who seek to make the church 'relevant' in the 21st Century will find the answers we seek if we will but look to the early church, the church of the Apostles and the Disciples. To be sure, the early church baptized and preached the Gospel, but just as importantly, it also ministered to unchanging and fundamental human needs-- it fed the poor, it clothed the naked, it housed the homeless, it healed the sick, it comforted the widowed and the orphaned and it uplifted and sought justice for the downcast and the oppressed. The answer to the social, economic and political complexities of the 21st Century is not further complexity, but a return to the simplicity of the early church. We must become relevant not merely by saying that we love our brethren, but by truly demonstrating that we do."
-- Rev. Dr. Veronica Lanier, Director Emeritus, American Baptist Home Missions
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