The three broad commitments include Communion, Community and Commission.
Communion (in Relationship with Christ) - Inner Journey
- God's word
- Worship
Community (in Relationship with One Another) - Together Journey
- Learning
- Fellowship/friendship
Commission (in Relationshi with the World) - Outer Journey
- Serving/giving
- Gospel telling/sharing
I think that as long as these three Cs / journeys are present, any group of Christians can legitimately be considered a church in any place. Well what do you all think?
Mike and Alan ask some interesting questions which are worth pondering:
To be a church,
Do you need to meet in a church building?
Do you need to meet weekly?
Do you need ministers?
Do you need to sing?
Does someone have to bring a sermon?
Hope to hear your answers to these questions.
1 comment:
I read somewhere (can't remember where) that in Old Testament times if there were nine Israelite families in a community each would live on 9/10th of their income and the tithe would provide the income for a priest (? or Levite). So ten families would make up the equivalent of what we would call a church family. I don't know if this is relevant but I thought it was interesting.
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