Rose Swetman is working on the thesis for her doctoral dissertation and writing about missional churches and leadership. In this entry, she writes about a trip she made to Church of the Savior in Washington, DC, and one of the sessions there which discussed effective Christian community.
Bill (Haley) then talked about small communities of Christians committed to prayer, study and service as the most powerful tool in God’s hand for personal, societal and global transformation. […]
Here was Bill’s definition of Christian community:
An interdependent group of Christians whose lives are centered around Jesus and ordered by love, who share common goals and common commitments and who together intentionally seek to love God and love their neighbor.
Sounds great to me – and the communities that Bill discussed (and Rose notes elsewhere in this entry) are all intriguing.
What is it to you that makes an effective Christian community?
pat loughery 
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