Essential Church Objectives – Fellowship

There are two kinds of members every church needs: comforters and encouragers.

Essential Objectives

• Worship
• Instruction
• Fellowship
• Evangelization

Fellowship

• To have in common
• Knowing the constant presence of God, and growing in our love and relationship with others
• It is not uniformity or conformity
• A caring flock
• It’s not a place
• It is knowing, feeling, and sharing the strains and struggles of those we share the pew with
  • Acts 2:42, 44-45; 4:32-36; 5:12
• Sharing something
• Sharing in something
  • 1 Corinthians 12:25

Essential Fellowship

• Helps you grow closer to Christ
  • Psalm 1:1-2; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 27:17
• Helps you encourage others
  • Hebrews 10:24-25
• Allows others to help you
  • Ecclesiastes 4:9-10; 2 Timothy 2:22
• Allows the world to see your love
  • John 13:34-35; Romans 15:1-2