“God’s intention is that every congregation of believers in Jesus be a surprising revelation of the presence of the kingdom of God on earth. These surprising colonies of heaven are audiovisual expressions of the continuing life and ministry of Jesus.…”15 Jesus says that we are to be salt and light (Matt 5:13–16). The Body of Christ is light because we point men and women who are lost in darkness to the illuminating Good News of Jesus Christ. We are also salt because the presence of God’s people makes