In truth, the church is not a building or structure, but more the hearts and souls of the faithful that represent the spiritual brick and mortar of a community that Christ named “His Church.”
Fellowship
A traditional view of a church, typically, starts as a building. A church is erected for the specific purpose where people, being parts or the whole of a community, can gather to worship. The concept is centuries old. The concept has not only survived the centuries, but has also evolved to become a place for spiritual inspiration and to extend fellowship to the rest of the community outside of a congregation’s normal daily routine.
The core of any church is its aspect of fellowship. Fellowship is the byproduct of a congregation that makes the whole of any church. Today, the size of a church is measured equal to the size of its congregation. Small independent churches are localized to their community. Organized faith churches are measured by the amount of churches across the country, or globally, counting each congregation of each church location as a whole. The Roman Catholic Church is a good example.
The growth of organized faith churches sprang from existing independent local churches as a natural evolution to move along with the world as it continually changed. The Faith In God Church is the next evolutionary step on the road of where church may be headed – but most importantly without changing its benefit or purpose.
With the introduction of social sites on the Internet, such as Face book and Twitter, the gates for virtual fellowship have been opened wider than ever before in our history. The best comparison I can provide is represented in my Wife’s efforts over her entire life so far.
My wife, Wendie, enjoyed correspondence to others around the world as a pen pal. She started this practice in her last years of grammar school. She continued through high school and still enjoys it today. She specifically keeps in touch with a pen pal from Scotland. Scotland is the country of our heritage so she most enjoyed being connected to someone from that part of the world.
My wife’s pen pal, Heather, responded in kind and enjoys staying in contact with her to this day. Wendie had used the only means available to her. Wendie would write her letters, mail them regularly and wait for the response which usually took some time. Over the years they shared their experiences, pictures and accomplishments. They know of each other’s families, shared and congratulated each other for their marriages, birth of children, job promotions and exchanged their promise to pray for each other during times of difficulty.
We had the opportunity to travel to Scotland to experience our roots. During that time we had the great blessing of meeting Heather and her husband while in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has become a memory of our lives, but especially for my wife Wendie. This was accomplished over, what most would say to be, a lifetime. Today, both Wendie and Heather have a Face Book account and correspondence is instantaneous.
If you compare the two methods you’ll find that the result is the same in both; however one is faster and becomes more gratifying. Most importantly, it has not changed the benefit or purpose of the fellowship that my wife and Heather enjoy.
More people today engage and rely on the vehicles of social networks, e-mail, blogging, instant messaging, including new emerging connection technologies that complete our lives and manage global business. The functionality that the Internet provides is a very real experience. The mistake most people make results in their belief that church, such as the Faith In God Church, is not a real experience.
Becoming a member of the Faith In God Church is a real experience. I have provided some facts so that you may take comfort in becoming part of a virtual fellowship that is authentic and real for today’s world. Click on one of the titles, left side on this page, to read the basis of why becoming a member of the Faith In God Church is a real experience. Sitting in a local church on any given day cannot be replaced by a virtual connection. However a virtual connection can provide benefits that are not practical for today's traditional churches.
