LESSON TWO
Healthy Churches Offer Loving Fellowship
10 Common Qualities of Healthy Churches
Volume 1:1. Offer Consistent Bible Truth2. Offer Loving Fellowship3. Make Prayer the Priority 4. Trust God to Do Supernatural Things5. Maintain Unity
10 Common Qualities of Healthy Churches
Volume 2:1. Develop a Culture of Generosity2. Offer Excellent Large Group Worship3. Create Small Group Relationships4. Impact Their Community in Positive Ways5. Welcome New People into Their Church Family
Key Truth: A healthy church inspires, creates and nurtures a
sense of true community among its members where they share life together on a number of levels.
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the
fellowship, to the breaking of bread…”Acts 2:42
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some
are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all
the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:24-25.
Exploring the Principle:
Christian fellowship creates a sense of
COMMUNITY.
1.God Himself EXISTS in community.
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, in our likeness…’”
Genesis 1:26
2. God CREATED community.
“The LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for
him.’”Genesis 2:18
3. The ISRAELITES established community.
“I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name
great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 12:2-3
4. Jesus MODELED community.
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching
them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am
with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28:19-20
The Focus of FELLOWSHIP
We have a RESPONSIBILITY
to other Christians.
The Focus Fellowship
Christian community = God’s FAMILY
The Focus Fellowship
Christian communities are DIFFERENT but
SIMILAR.
The Focus Fellowship
Everyone in Christian
community has a RESPONSIBILITY
to each other.
The Focus Fellowship
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of
believers.” Galatians 6:10
The Bible describes some of our responsibilities to other
Christians:
3. Forgive each other (Colossians 3:13)
2. Pray for each other (James 5:16)
1. Carry each other’s burdens (Galatians 6:2)
4. Be kind to each other (Ephesians 4:32)5. Encourage each other (1 Thessalonians 5:11)6. Be accountable to each other (James 5:19-20)7. Love each other (1 John 4:7)
8. Serve each other (Galatians 5:13)