Wherever people come to faith, they begin to meet together and form a faith community. This began with the first Christians who came to faith on the Day of Pentecost. They came together in each other\u2019s homes not only to receive teaching from the Scriptures and to pray, but also \u201cto fellowship\u201d(Acts 2:42). A few verses after this, we read that \u201cAll the believers were together and had everything in common\u201d (verse 44). Believing is not something you do alone. The moment you come to faith in Jesus, you become a part of his body, a member of a very large, worldwide family. This family includes young and old, men and women, black and white, rich and poor. All these completely different people are bound together by the fact that each one has responded to Jesus\u2019 voice, received the same invitation from God, and said \u2018yes\u2019. Each person who comes to faith gives his life to God and God then gives us to one another in order for us to follow and obey Jesus together and serve one another. These two aspects of Christianity are the pillars on which every congregation of Christ rests: honouring God and serving one\u2019s neighbour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wherever people come to faith, they begin to meet together and form a faith community. This began with the first Christians who came to faith on the Day of Pentecost. They came together in each other\u2019s homes not only to receive teaching from the Scriptures and to pray, but also \u201cto fellowship\u201d(Acts 2:42). A few verses after this, we read that \u201cAll the believers were together and had everything in common\u201d (verse 44). Believing is not something you do alone. The moment you come to faith in Jesus, you become a part of his body, a member of a very large, worldwide family. This family includes young and old, men and women, black and white, rich and poor. All these completely different people are bound together by the fact that each one has responded to Jesus\u2019 voice, received the same invitation from God, and said \u2018yes\u2019. Each person who comes to faith gives his life to God and God then gives us to one another in order for us to follow and obey Jesus together and serve one another. These two aspects of Christianity are the pillars on which every congregation of Christ rests: honouring God and serving one\u2019s neighbour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[499,1230],"product_cat":[226],"product_tag":[],"hf_cat_product":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12205","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_brand-499","7":"product_brand-1230","8":"product_cat-resources-for-leaders","9":"pa_-ron-van-der-spoel","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n