Belonging to a Family of Families

In this booklet, Belonging to a Family of Families: First Principles of Community Life, we are going to look at the local church as a family of families. This is God’s design for His disciples—to become part of a family of believers, a local church family. In session one, we will see that the church is truly to be a community with purpose. In sessions two through four, we will focus on community life itself, from which a true sense of belonging is developed. Specifically in session two, we will examine God’s design for the local church to function as a family. In the next session, we will look at our responsibilities within the local church and then in session four, within our individual family units. Finally, in session five we will focus on setting life priorities, not just around our individualistic goals, but fully integrating our personal priorities with those of our individual families, and our lives in God’s family, a local church.  The sixth session is the integrating session, which unites all five sessions together, deepening your conviction and practice related to the principles.