In this section we will review the classic understanding of the church as God’s presence in the world through the biblical images and the historic marks of the church. These signs map out a route for us to follow in the postmodern world. The argument of this chapter is that the church is the primary presence of God’s activity in the world. As we pay attention to what it means to be the church we create an alternative community to the society of the world. This new community, the embodied experience