Church Community and Fellowship


The church should be a place where people from differing social and economic backgrounds come together. The church community should strive to be like an orchard where grace, mercy, and love are the fruits found by all who live in it. A vineyard where all the members are able to blossom and grow. It should be a sanctuary for those who are troubled and disturbed with life's trials and tribulations. It should be a place for togetherness where its members come as one family and share gifts and talents to nurture and to help one another to grow. The church community should work hard to sacrifice time and resources for making the church a place where Christ is glorified. The fellowship of believers should enthusiastically work for the christian joy of serving one another's needs.

It should be a retreat where many can pursue a simple, quiet, and humble life of prayer, renewal and fellowship with our Father in heaven. Prayers help and sustain people through their troubles and fears. It further helps them to share their concerns with one another and support one another Acts 1:14. The church should be a holy ground where all can come to hear that still small voice speaking to them and leading them to live lives that are pleasing to God.

Not all of us can be leaders like Mother Teresa or Billy Graham. Nor can we be monks for God did not create us all to live in isolation. God has given each of us gifts. We stimulate and nurture them through individual and group Bible study, meditation, discussions and reflection. Throughout the year all over the world, churches hold fellowship events where they enjoy being part of the church family with all ages gathered together. This coming together enables the church to have stronger bonds of love and understanding.

The church buildings are not just for worship but also for fellowship. Although the buildings cannot contain God within its four walls, Christ has assured us that He is there with us always even unto the end of time Matthew 18:20 & Matthew 28:20. We see in the old and new testaments that the children of God gathered together to celebrate festivals and other events. Early Christians used to meet at house churches and share in fellowship meals. Even today some communities like the Bruderof community continue to strive live with these traditions to work and live together as a community Acts 2: 44-46.

We should never forget that the church is the people. Leaders emerge from within the church to care for the churches needs. In 1700s at the time of John Wesley, he pressed for the separate seating of men and women in the services and for early morning services (preferably at 5 a.m.). Could the Methodist be rigid on these practices? Policies and procedures followed in the past in time change with the times according to the needs of the people. Although people and their customs may change, the word of God never changes. The gospel message remains the same. Christ remains the head of the church and all of us are regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the body of Christ. We strive to be a dynamic community in which the Holy Spirit transforms us into an imitation of Christ and restores us into right relationships with God and his people. As the living Body of Christ we seek first the Kingdom of God and continue to draw and build others into our fellowship through love, mercy and peace Mathew 6 :33.




Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Matthew 28:20
Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.


Mathew 6 :33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Acts 1:14
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

Acts 2: 44-46
And all that believed were together, and had all things common. And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,