Definition of  a "circle"





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Fellowship is Essential to Church Order

As a general rule ten to twenty percent of the congregation participate in fellowship and the rest of the members participate by association with the group.

In the general community, apart from the Church, it is also common for individuals to work and socialize without fellowship, without faithfulness and spiritual value for one another. Many live in fellowship denial. They have lost track of how to care for other individuals. Their minds are progressively given over to worldly desires and distractions. They do not love anyone deeply, neither can they receive love, and they often deny these essential facts to themselves and to others.

In the Church we worship God with hearts of devotion and out of that same devotion we discover a sincere love for the faithful, a love that comes from a power beyond us, a love that overflows. In this close fellowship our spirits are renewed. We receive deep joy, peace and patience.

Most of the community will continue to deny the good news of the kingdom and respond with disbelief, passive hostility or opposition. To be at peace with the community everything we do in the Church must be done with gentleness and humility. At the same time we should allow them to see the fellowship we have with God and with those who love him. 

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