What is the most important thing a church is to be doing? How can we gauge whether a church is following God's purpose? 

There are a lot of answers to this question, but the surest answer comes from Jesus himself. We'll assume that you have no previous knowledge of God's plan for his church, and try to answer this question as simply and as straight-forwardly as possible.

This isn't just a theological question of interest to seminary professors. Shouldn't we all as Christ's followers be sure we are in a church that is focused on God's top priority for the church? The answer seems obvious. All of us need to know what the mission of the church is, and be sure we are in a church that is oriented toward that mission.