Your Guide
to Developing
Community
Find your spiritual family and live out your faith by building real relationships with other Christians in a supportive community.
1. Make church a priority.
Gathering together for church is a core practice for followers of Jesus. It’s our opportunity to worship, learn, and grow together.
Join us each Sunday for great music, a helpful message, fun kids programming, and good friends. We’ll have the coffee ready!
One church. Multiple locations.
Join us at one of our Philadelphia area locations.
Anywhere. Anytime.
Practical teaching to help you grow in your faith no matter where you are on your spiritual journey.
2. Find your circle.
Community can be found in large worship gatherings, but the most important aspects can only be found in smaller gatherings when everyone can mutually know and be known by each other.
One way we help you develop a circle of community is through Groups—smaller groups of like 10–15 people, who meet weekly over the course of a semester.
Groups are designed to help you grow closer to Jesus by forming friendships and learning together how to live like Him.
How to Find and Build Community
When life’s troubles come, and they will, we all need to have some people around us to help. But if you wait to build community, you often won’t have it when you need it. Community is something to build and prioritize now.
How to Make the Most of Your Group
6 ways to get more out of your Group experience.
3. Develop meaningful relationships.
So much of what Jesus and the apostles taught can only be lived out within relationships. Instructions like “love each other,” “serve each other,” “forgive each other,” “confess to one another,” and “encourage one another” can’t be obeyed outside of the context of community.
Our hope for you is that you'll regularly pursue meaningful relationships where you can focus on living out these critical “one another” teachings in smaller gatherings.
We have full schedules, work, bills, marriage, kids, the list goes on—how do you develop close friendships with so many challenges in the way? We had a conversation with some friends to talk it out.
How to interact with each other in Christian community.
More messages about community.
These talks will inspire and teach you how to develop community in your life.
7 Spiritual Growth Practices
Following Jesus means growing in our love for God and allowing him to transform us from the inside out.
These seven Spiritual Growth Practices will help you thrive spiritually while learning to live and love more like Jesus.
Dive into the Bible to understand God, grow spiritually, and let His words guide your life, just like a roadmap.
Community
Find your spiritual family and live out your faith by building real relationships with other Christians in a supportive community.
Community
Prayer
Prayer is your direct line to God: talk to Him, listen to Him, and make it a regular part of your day to build your connection.
Prayer
Worship
Worship is more than singing at church; it's living your whole life to show God you appreciate everything He's given you.
Worship
Service
Show God's love by using your talents to help others, both in church and in your community, just like Jesus did.
Service
Generosity
Share what you have—time, talents, money—because it all comes from God, and giving helps others know Him.
Generosity
Disciple-Making
Follow Jesus' mission by sharing your faith and helping others discover and grow in their relationship with God.