When we look at the Church beginning with the Kingdom, then there is a functional mission purpose that becomes very important. The Church becomes less “ours” and more “His” — not so much the place to which we come to add to our numbers and preserve ourselves, as it is the place which He brings us, equips us, sends us on to multiply into more congregations to evangelize the world.

Roy Blackwood, The King and His Kingdom, 21.