Imago Dei Community

Join us Sunday for our new sermon series, "American Gods." Life in the United States involves an inculcation of culture we do not often recognize. It’s hard to know what’s in our air. The gift of Scripture is to show us that which we are blind to. Each culture has certain things it prizes as “ultimate”: the final goal of life. In America, it is s*x, money, and power—the three “gods” we have made ultimate. Surprisingly, Scripture does not demean these three as “bad,” but rather as creational goods we have made supreme. Tim Keller says that an idol is “a good thing that we make an ultimate thing.” How might we hear Scripture speak to the inherent goodness of money, s*x, and power, and also to the danger in making them supreme?

At Imago Dei, we are always looking for ways to steward the space God has given us for His Kingdom. Over the past six months, one way we have been blessed to do this is by offering our facility to Trinity Oromo Evangelical Church, a new Ethiopian church plant in Portland. This growing and beautiful congregation has been holding their Sunday worship gatherings in Room 101 on Sunday afternoons. We have loved hosting them! Thanks to your generous giving, we have been able to grant them this space for free. This past Sunday was their last Sunday with us, as they found a new space that will accommodate their exponential growth. We are praising God for their time at Imago Dei and want to encourage you to pray for them as God continues to grow their church!