The document discusses how God restores his presence over the earth through faithful people. It explains that God uses those faithful to him to make himself known amid the world's struggles. Several Bible passages are referenced that speak of God dwelling among his people. The author argues that the church is God's plan to be present in the world, and that faithful practices are needed to shape Christians into a community that embodies God's presence for others.

3. “Faithful presence names the reality
that God is present in the world
and that (God) uses a people
faithful to (God’s) presence to make
(God) concrete and real amid
the world’s struggles and pain…”
DAVID FITCH

5. (God) said (to Moses),
“My presence will go with you,
and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 33:15-16

6. I will make a covenant of peace with them;
it shall be an everlasting covenant with them;
and I will bless them and multiply them,
and will set my sanctuary among them
forevermore. My dwelling place
shall be with them; and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
Ezekiel 37:26-27

7. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth;
for the first heaven and the first earth had
passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw
the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down
out of heaven from God…And I heard a loud voice from
the throne saying, “See, the home of God
is among mortals. He will dwell with them;
they will be his peoples, and God himself
will be with them…
Revelation 21:1-3

8. “How does God restore
(God’s) presence over the whole earth?
The Bible’s answer to that question is:
the Church. God’s plan is to become
present to the world in and through
a people, and then invite the world
to join with (God in the covenant family.)”
DAVID FITCH

9. “Faithful presence names the reality
that God is present in the world
and that (God) uses a people
faithful to (God’s) presence to make
(God) concrete and real amid
the world’s struggles and pain…
(But) it doesn’t just happen.
We need practices that shape us to be
a community of faithful presence.”
DAVID FITCH

11. THE DISCIPLINES WE
COVER
ARE “ON THE MOVE,”
OCCUPYING MULTIPLE
ENVIRONMENTS AT
THE SAME TIME…

12. - LIFE (pro LIFE, no JUST pro BIRTH)
BECAUES WE BELIEVE
WHO WE ARE “IN HERE”
MUST IMPACT “OUT
THERE”
WE ARE COMMITTED to
BEING A PEOPLE of…

13. - LIFE (pro LIFE, no JUST pro BIRTH)
- LOVE (for God/people, immigrants/refugees)
BECAUES WE BELIEVE
WHO WE ARE “IN HERE”
MUST IMPACT “OUT
THERE”
WE ARE COMMITTED to
BEING A PEOPLE of…

14. - LIFE (pro LIFE, no JUST pro BIRTH)
- LOVE (for God/people, immigrants/refugees)
- FAITHFULNESS (Jesus > Country)
BECAUES WE BELIEVE
WHO WE ARE “IN HERE”
MUST IMPACT “OUT
THERE”
WE ARE COMMITTED to
BEING A PEOPLE of…

15. - LIFE (pro LIFE, no JUST pro BIRTH)
- LOVE (for God/people, immigrants/refugees)
- FAITHFULNESS (Jesus > Country)
- TRUTH (speaking + seeking + believing)
BECAUES WE BELIEVE
WHO WE ARE “IN HERE”
MUST IMPACT “OUT
THERE”
WE ARE COMMITTED to
BEING A PEOPLE of…

16. EmmettTill–Murderedattheageof14
CarolynBryantadmitsshefalselyaccusedhim…

17. - LIFE (pro LIFE, no JUST pro BIRTH)
- LOVE (for God/people, immigrants/refugees)
- FAITHFULNESS (Jesus > Country)
- TRUTH (speaking + seeking + believing)
BECAUES WE BELIEVE
WHO WE ARE “IN HERE”
MUST IMPACT “OUT
THERE”
WE ARE COMMITTED to
BEING A PEOPLE of…

20. MaintenanceMode–“HunkerInTheBunker”

21. ExhaustionMode–“WeHavetoSaveTheWorld”

24. BENEDICTION (Mark 12)
One of the scribes…asked him,
“Which commandment is the first of all?”
Jesus answered, “The first is:
‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one;
you shall love the Lord your God
with all your heart, and with all your soul,
and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second is this:
‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no other commandment greater than these.”