{"id":47,"date":"2015-07-18T22:08:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T22:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gbcmn.org\/wp1\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:09:50","slug":"purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-47\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-47-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-47-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-47-0-0-0\" class=\"widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><h2 style=\"font-weight: 600; font-style: normal;\">PURPOSE<\/h2>\n<p style= \"font-size: 14pt;\">\n\t\nWe exist\u00a0to glorify God. One way we do this is\u00a0by\u00a0edifying the saints. When we come together, we not only worship God but we also build up one another.\u00a0God has given leaders as gifts to the church\u00a0to perfect and build up believers (Ephesians 4:11\u201412). We also, individually, build up one another\u00a0(1 Thessalonians 5:11). It is through spiritual\u00a0leaders and the encouragement we give to each other\u00a0that the whole body of Christ can\u00a0be strengthened and matured in the faith.\u00a0We do this by teaching the Bible rightly divided.\n<p style= \"margin-bottom: 30px\">\n\t\n<\/p>\n<p style= \"font-size: 14pt;\">We also glorify God\u00a0as His ambassadors, carrying the message of reconciliation to the world. This message is one of hope for those who are lost in their sins\u00a0by\u00a0declaring\u00a0that those who believe fully and exclusively\u00a0in the Person and work of Jesus Christ for their salvation will be\u00a0given eternal life (1 Corinthians 15:1\u20144). See \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/eternal-life\/\">Eternal Life<\/a>\" for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-47-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-47-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-47-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-47-1-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PURPOSE We exist\u00a0to glorify God. One way we do this is\u00a0by\u00a0edifying the saints. When we come together, we not only worship God but we also build up one another.\u00a0God has given leaders as gifts to the church\u00a0to perfect and build up believers (Ephesians 4:11\u201412). We also, individually, build up one another\u00a0(1 Thessalonians 5:11). It is<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/purpose\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6xnI8-L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gbcmn.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}