“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer. Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.” — Romans 12:10–13 (BSB)
“Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” — Galatians 6:2 (BSB)
“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son purifies us from all sin.” — 1 John 1:7 (BSB)
Practicing fellowship means living in love and truth. I speak honestly, forgive quickly, confess humbly, and bear patiently. Fellowship requires hospitality, generosity, shared meals, shared burdens, and shared joys. It is the daily living out of the Gospel in community—where I give and receive grace, correction, help, and hope.
Canon Dr. Joel Scandrett (Trinity School for Ministry) writes, “Fellowship is not accidental—it is intentional. It grows where believers open their lives to one another in truth and love, around the Word and Table of the Lord.”
Bishop Julian Dobbs (Diocese of the Living Word, ACNA) explains, “To practice fellowship is to show up—for worship, for prayer, for service, for people. It means being present and faithful in the life of the Church.”
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer provides a structure for fellowship in the Church: corporate confession, common prayer, shared Communion, and the Peace of Christ exchanged before the Eucharist. These patterns train us to live not as individuals, but as members of one Body.
J.C. Ryle wrote, “True fellowship is practical. It means helping, visiting, sharing, comforting, and strengthening. It is the fellowship of the saints—not in name only, but in deed and truth.” (Practical Religion, 1878)
Archbishop Foley Beach (ACNA) has said, “Fellowship is where faith is formed and strengthened. You practice it by choosing to walk with others, not just when it’s easy, but when it costs.”
Practicing fellowship glorifies Christ because it displays His love, unites His Body, and builds a Church that bears witness to His Kingdom.
St. Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200–258 AD): “Practice fellowship by holding all things in common, not only goods but hearts—bound together in peace and charity.” — On the Lord’s Prayer, 24
St. John Chrysostom (c. 347–407 AD): “Fellowship is practiced when we sit with the suffering, restore the fallen, and gather at the Lord’s Table with one heart.” — Homily on Acts, 7
St. Basil the Great (c. 330–379 AD): “Let no one say, ‘This is mine.’ Practice fellowship by seeing all you have as a gift to be shared in love, for we are one in Christ.” — Long Rules, 8
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