I explained, the church is God’s presence on earth, his Body. And if the church does its job — if the church shows up at the scene of disasters, visits the sick, staffs the AIDS clinics, counsels the rape victims, feeds the hungry, houses the homeless — I don’t think the world will ask that question with the same urgency. They will know where God is when it hurts: in the bodies of his people, ministering to a fallen world. Indeed, our consciousness of God’s presence often comes as a byproduct of other people’s presence.
