{"id":5005,"date":"2011-01-12T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=5005"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:16:26","slug":"church-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/church-community.htm","title":{"rendered":"The Church as a Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/community.jpg\" alt=\"The Church is a Community\" width=\"57\" height=\"75\" \/><br \/>\nCommunity:<\/strong><br \/>\na group of people connected by something in common<\/p>\n<h2>What the Bible Teaches About the Church as a Community<\/h2>\n<p>The cause for community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"class2\">The Work of Christ on the Cross\u00a0 (Eph. 2:13-22)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/body-life-blueprint-design.htm\">God&#8217;s Design\u00a0for the Church<\/a> &#8211; Interdependency among Body members\u00a0 <span class=\"class2\">(Rom. 12:4-8; 1 Cor. 12)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The culture for community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"class2\">A Body that values one another, understanding of how we need each other (1 Cor. 12:15-24)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A Body that <a title=\"Relating to One Another\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/body-life-relating-one-another.htm\">relates to one another<\/a> with a deep caring, concern resulting in <a title=\"Connectedness with One Another\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/body-life-connectedness.htm \">connectedness<\/a> rather than letting differences divide <span class=\"class2\">(1 Cor. 12:25-26)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The criteria for community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Unity in the Church\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/body-life-church-unity.htm\">Unity<\/a> of heart based on who we are in Christ, not other criteria\u00a0 <span class=\"class2\">(Eph. 4:1-6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"class2\">Seeking after the common good, not looking out for our own interests\u00a0 (Phil. 2:1-4)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The challenge for community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"class2\">To not allow the ways of the world to creep into our churches (comparing, competing,\u00a0entitlement) but to constantly submit to the transforming work of God by presenting ourselves to Him &#8230;. &#8220;as living sacrifices&#8221; denotes an ongoing work\u00a0 (Rom. 12:1-2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"class2\">To not become satisfied with status quo but to realize we are constantly in process &#8230; always seeking God&#8217;s help to love more and more (Eph. 4:3; Phil. 1:9; Heb. 10:24-25)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"class2\">To not relegate this responsibility to ministry leaders &#8230; everyone must work at guarding, maintaining, and propelling community (Eph. 4:13-16)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 60px;\">\u00a0<em>For example:<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 90px;\"><a title=\"Teachers Either Block or Promote Community Worksheet\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/teachers-block-promote-community\">Teachers either block or promote community<\/a> in their classes by the way they structure the teaching-learning process.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 90px;\">As individual members of the Body, we must bring ourselves into <a title=\"Accountability to One Another\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/body-life-accountability.htm\">accountability<\/a> not only to leadership but to one another.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community: a group of people connected by something in common<\/p>\n<p>The cause for community . . . culture . . ., criteria . . ., and challenge for community . . .<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/church-community.htm\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The Church as a Community<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fellowship-unity"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"God designed the church to function as a community. 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