The Joy of Gospel Teamwork

Interest groups abound. It doesn’t matter how obscure a person’s interest is, there is a group of people out there somewhere with the same interests. The google search “international association of” results in over 100 million websites. There’s even a union of international associations; Yep, an association for associations. This idea of common interest groups has even infiltrated the mindset of the church. There is a church in Southern California that in 2005 was reported as having 9 different worship venues. Another way to think of it is that the church was divided up into 9 distinct worship interest groups. Which begs a question. What is it that Christians should have in common in order to gather as a local church? Let’s find out as we continue through the book of Philippians.