The distinguishing characteristics of the Pavilion Church are based on four foundational truths found in Jesus’ prayer in John 17. Jesus breaks the prayer down into four integral categories:
John 17: 1-5: God in Him, He in us—that we would know Him. Verse 5: "And now, oh Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was."
John 17:6-10: Jesus gave His leadership to His disciples through relationship. Verse 6: "They were Yours, You gave them to me, and they have kept Your word."
John 17: 11-19: We are sanctified (consecrated, holy) by the truth (God's Word), as He shared it with the disciples. Verse 17: "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth."
John 17: 20-26: The world would believe, through the disciples' words and experience of walking with Jesus, the importance of the unity of love. Verses 23-25: "I in them, and You in Me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
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