October 7, 2007
Real Relationship
Relationship is essential to the church’s teamwork and mission. Jim Putman explains why leaders need honest friendships, unity, and encouragement to model love, resist isolation, and serve with spiritual endurance.
Articles for tag: Fellowship
August 19, 2007
Five Books About Business As Mission
A brief roundup of books on business as mission, tentmaking, microenterprise, and kingdom entrepreneurship—highlighting practical approaches for ministry in places closed to conventional missionary work.
November 22, 2006
Stopped Short by the Principal’s Passion
What do we do when a church member drops out? Mark A. Taylor compares church follow-up to a principal’s relentless care for absent students—and asks what it means when someone quietly falls off the radar.
October 15, 2006
‘Me’ Church or ‘The’ Church?
What would an honest sign outside your church say? A typo on a church marquee sparks a challenge to reject “Me” Church consumerism and pursue “The” Church—worshiping God, giving in fellowship, serving in ministry, and going to the lost.
June 28, 2006
Can We Allow What We Do Not Advocate?
Mark A. Taylor reflects on fellowship amid disagreement—first in families, then in churches. He calls for humility and grace that covers belief and practice, urging Christians to pursue reconciliation without compromise.
November 30, 2005
When We Partake (Communion Meditation)
The Lord’s Supper is not a meaningless ritual. Communion helps us remember Christ’s sacrifice, participate in the benefits of his body and blood, proclaim his return, affirm unity, give thanks, and examine ourselves with grateful hearts.
July 17, 2005
‘Safe Passage’
A late-night bus ride in Manhattan becomes a living illustration of Matthew 25. A former paramedic turned bus driver shows what it means to offer safe passage—meeting needs, welcoming strangers, restoring dignity, and walking with others toward freedom.
‘Who’ Before ‘What’ (A review of ‘The Jesus Proposal’)
Mark A. Matson revisits the Stone-Campbell Movement’s long pursuit of unity and engages Rubel Shelly and John York’s The Jesus Proposal, urging churches to center fellowship on relationship with Jesus rather than secondary disputes.
