![]() ![]() ![]() This type of honesty allows group members to work through issues instead of hiding them or diminishing them-actions that can create underlying frustration or hurt in the group, eventually causing it to crumble. Honesty: Members tell hard truths and speak to one another directly but lovingly, as they would a member of their family.It takes a lot of work to build a healthy, loving fellowship, but God reveals how to do so through his Word-there are five elements that every healthy fellowship community needs: Sometimes you’ll hurt the people in your fellowship or you’ll be hurt by them, but a genuine fellowship will never use your mistakes against you.īuild and Maintain a Healthy Fellowship Community Forgiveness: Genuine fellowship forgives and moves on quickly. ![]() This fellowship of suffering is the deepest level of fellowship you can offer someone, because turning toward someone’s pain, not away, is a profound act of unselfish love. Sympathy: A sympathetic fellowship responds to members’ suffering by entering into their pain with them to help carry the burden and validate their emotions.This creates a fellowship of holistic support, where all struggles are addressed. ![]() The more you open up about your life, the more other group members are willing to open up about theirs.
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