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OnHisPath · 11-26-2016, 08:22 PM

I usually ask something along the lines of, "Where do you fellowship?" My church/your church is not language I would typically use. It is impossible to fellowship with all believers on the earth, so asking someone where they do fellowship isn't incongruous with my beliefs at all. And I'm never offended that people fellowship someplace other than me that also has a name. We are one regardless. No big deal unless I want to make it a matter of division in my heart.

Your example of family is perfectly acceptable when you consider the sheer number of believers on the earth and that we are spread apart by country and continent. In fact, the definition of a clan as a group of close-knit and interrelated families, and secondly, a group of people with a strong common interest would provide a very good picture of people who are "one" or related, but might ask which family they belong to.

11-26-2016, 08:22 PM	#32
OnHisPath Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 17	Re: I've been reading for about 8 years I usually ask something along the lines of, "Where do you fellowship?" My church/your church is not language I would typically use. It is impossible to fellowship with all believers on the earth, so asking someone where they do fellowship isn't incongruous with my beliefs at all. And I'm never offended that people fellowship someplace other than me that also has a name. We are one regardless. No big deal unless I want to make it a matter of division in my heart. Your example of family is perfectly acceptable when you consider the sheer number of believers on the earth and that we are spread apart by country and continent. In fact, the definition of a clan as a group of close-knit and interrelated families, and secondly, a group of people with a strong common interest would provide a very good picture of people who are "one" or related, but might ask which family they belong to.