A Community of Good News (Remastered)

About this episode

Tim Mackie discusses the importance of church community and the challenges faced in maintaining commitment to it.

New Testament Themes E5 — The New Testament shows us that a church is meant to be a group of disciples calling out the best in one another and embodying a faithful witness in their neighborhood and city. But drama, unhealthy leadership, and even spiritual abuse can make it hard to stay committed to a church community. In this fifth message in a six-part series, Tim teaches from Hebrews 10 on what it means to regularly gather as a community of Jesus’ followers, committed to one another. Tim gave this message at Door of Hope Church in Portland, Ore., on November 25, 2012.

People in this episode

Host: Tim Mackie

Topics covered

• church community
• discipleship
• spiritual abuse
• leadership
• gathering
• faithful witness

Keywords

• New Testament
• church
• community
• spirituality
• leadership
• disciples
• Hebrews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Door of Hope Church

Books & works: Hebrews 10

Places: Portland, Ore.

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