Evaluating Your Community

Regular Gathering 

• Do you gather with fellow Christians only when it is convenient? Or do you make community gatherings a non-negotiable in your life?

• Looking at your weekly schedule, are you putting yourself in a position to be regularly encouraged in the gospel? Or are you cutting yourself off from those who could speak life into you?

• Do you regularly invite your community into your home? Or are you only comfortable around fellow Christians in formal environments, like a church service?

Shared Devotion

• When you gather with other Christians, is your conversation dominated more by small talk or by “God talk” (discussions around the gospel, discipleship, and the Word)?

• How often do you read the Bible and pray with other Christians? Is your devotional life only private, only communal, or both?

• Can you name three people who hold you accountable to obey God?

Sacrificial Love

• Do you serve your community only when it’s convenient? Or do you go out of your way to serve — even when it’s costly?

• Are you in community only with people who have a similar background and personality to you? Or are you in community with some people who are very different than you?