The Living Community Loved by Elder Gaius, the Host of the Whole Church – 315 Nation


The Apostle Paul called Gaius the elder “the host of the whole church.”

Elder Gaius could become the host of the whole church because he witnessed the works of God through the Apostle Paul in the field.

By walking in the truth, Elder Gaius became a beloved one, an elite of the gospel – prospering in all things and enjoying good health, just as his soul got along well.

In the same way, Jesus' Love Church, where three thousand disciples like Elder Gaius are being raised, has never envied churches that merely gather crowds.

A church that loses the essence of the gospel and becomes institutionalized is not a true church, but a corrupted religion.

Jesus' Love Church holds the identity of the gospel with Calvary’s cross, the resurrection at the Mount of Olives, and Mark's Upper Room as its landmarks.

Jesus' Love Church stands on the covenant of Acts 1:8 – world evangelization.

It is a living community with one heart, whole heart, and continuation in prayer, filled with the Holy Spirit according to God’s timetable, fulfilling the Word and having the blessing of encounter to raise three thousand disciples scattered to the whole world and proclaim the gospel.

A church that does not sway with public opinion or the crowd has the communal identity of “us.”

Disciples who devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer, go out into all the world, proclaiming the gospel that "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

This is 315 Nation.

(3 John 1:1-4, Acts 2:17, 21, 41)

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