Description

Healthy Community Groups and Churches practice these 8 things:

1. Protect unity

• Ephesians 4:1-6
• 1 Peter 3:8

2. Prioritize one another

• Philippians 2:3-8

3. Make conflict resolution normal, consistent, and candid

• Proverbs 27:6
• Proverbs 15:1
• Matthew 18:15-20 (MSG)

4. Practice humility and mutual submission 

• Philippians 2:3-4
• Ephesians 5:1-2
• Ephesians 5:18-21

5. Desire to be shepherded

• 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• Proverbs 12:15
• Proverbs 29:18

6. Come prepared for group time

• James 5:16
• Luke 8:39

7. Have long-term vision

• Proverbs 29:18
• John 13:34-35
• Proverbs 18:24

8. Have fun together

• Ecclesiastes 3:12

How can your community group take ground this year?