One God, One People, A Reflection of Family Camp Last Summer

I was at a small group tonight and the topic came up about what we should look for in a church. This has inspired me to blog about what is really essential in finding a church but also more importantly what the Church is suppose to be.
I have blogged about about my family camp experience in the past on myspace but I want to bring up some things that I believe I learned about God and His people through this experience.
I have been "Pentecostal" for almost all of my Christian life but going to this family camp opened my eyes and showed me what God was doing, which was far bigger than anything I could imagine. I saw Christians from all denominations wanting the same thing, that is, wanting to be God's restored family. When God's people are truly desiring to be restored, it really doesn't matter what your denominational background is.
God is the one who will restore us into a truly united people. So why not start now? Hasn't the new age begun already? The Apostle Paul dealt with a situation in the 1st century, where the Jews used cirumcision to identify the people of God. The Apostle Paul said that now becuase of the death and resurrection of Jesus, the people of God will be identified by faith. "Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is He not the God of the Gentiles also? Yes, of the Gentiles also, since God is one. He will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith" (Romans 3:30-31). I feel like even today Christians have put boundary markers or have made badges as a way to identify Christians. God clearly states through the Apostle Paul that the people of God are now to be identified by faith.
So what does all this mean? How does this apply? God wants us to be a restored people. We need to go to a church that above all desires for it's people to become truly human. Nothing else matters. This has completely blown away everything that I use to think. But what about if I don't like the worship that much? What If the teaching isn't that great? What if the service is too long or too short? The question we should ask is, "Does the pastor along with the church truly desire to be God's restored family?" Do you see fruit from this desire?
Another thing I wanted to bring up is the "life after life after death" theme I discussed in my previous blog. We will be fully restored, when this time comes. God, who is one, will have a people who is restored and one. We will be unitied and restored. Do you think that our badges or boundary markers that we make to identify God's people will matter much, when this occurs?? Probably not. So since the new age has already begun in the death and resurrection of Jesus, why not begin now?
This has been a great challenge for me. God has broken down walls in my life that I didn't know needed to be broken down. For me now, when I look for a church, I am looking for a church that truly desired to be human. I am completely open to any church of Jesus Christ that desires this. God will use and equip any Christian, who desires for humanity to be truly human.
Thanks for reading,
Marc