-          Sense of purpose comes through community

-          The things of God come more naturally within community

-          The context of community makes Biblical concepts make more sense

-          Salvation is a result of meeting God. Meeting God is a result of experiencing community

-          Community forces religious knowledge into experience

-          The biblical “you” is really “you-all”

-          God does not speak to me for my benefit

-          God will work in individuals through the community

-          Don’t focus on proliferation of the church, but rather focus on improving the quality of life of the society in which the church is embedded.

-          We carry things that we don’t know about. Community will expose the need and the power to drop them

-          Hospitality is not sharing extra, peripheral resources, its charing the very resources we rely on and enjoy daily.

-          Where is the balance between daily life and career?

-          Community provides exposure to Godly examples of living out character and wisdom; then transformation occurs subconsciously and automatically

-          We can find community in many places. Is it Christ-centered?

-          Community provides new perspectives regarding problems and what is important.