Kingdom is to be understood as having a present reality, and that reality is essentially soteriological, then the Kingdom agenda of evangelical theology must focus on the biblical fulcrum of these eschatological, salvific blessings: the church.”12 The church is God’s appointed means of transforming human society at this point in salvation history. The great commission does not send us out to legislate morality but to make disciples. In order to understand what it means to be the church, we must be