Category: community

• 23 May 2023

  Member Care and Life Together

  

  We are privileged to do life together, yet we are also responsible for one another. We are our brother’s keeper. Let’s recognize that it is not only on the pastor to foster a culture of a thriving church community where member care is shared among the believers that make up the congregation.
• 12 Mar 2021

  Why You Need the Church and the Church Needs You

  

  Your human longing for meaningful relationships and community can be met in a bible believing, Gospel-teaching, disciple-making church.
• 9 Apr 2020

  Bonhoeffer and the Visible Church

  

  “This is the end, for me the beginning of life.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer[1] Those who know me know that Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one of my favorite pastors from history. I share these reflections with you on the seventy-fifty anniversary of Bonhoeffer’s death. Bonhoeffer completed his journey on earth on April 9, 1945. He remained faithful to…
• 1 Jun 2019

  Finkenwalde: A Model of Christian Community

  The Cambridge Dictionary defines community as “all the people who live in a particular area, or a group of people who are considered as a unit because of their shared interests or background”. [1] A Christian community includes people from various backgrounds and interests. Dietrich Bonhoeffer offered a helpful definition of the Christian community when…