To be a place of refuge from strife, where man can prepare for the battle of life, where two or three can gather in Jesus’ name to forget for the moment all those things that divide nation from nation and race from race. To forget human pride and to unite in overflowing gratitude at the foot of the cross. This is the house of God, the gate of heaven. And from under the threshold of this place will go forth a river that will revive the weary world.
-Adapted from 'Christianity & Liberalism' by J. Gresham Machen