Southbridge believes strongly in building caring relationships that are guided by biblical truth and grounded in spiritual accountability. The New Testament says we are to love, serve, encourage, teach, admonish, and comfort one another. These are concepts that must be lived out rather than just heard and discussed. God wants us to model His love and acceptance as we extend love to each other.
In John 17:20, Jesus prays, “My prayer is not for them alone (referring to His disciples). I pray also for those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that You have sent Me.”
In Acts 2 and 4, we read that followers of Jesus Christ “did life” together. They worshiped at the temple, and they were meeting in homes daily to share, fellowship, pray, and study the apostles teaching of Christ. The outcome of their life together was that the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. By God’s desire, the people who were continually meeting in their homes and in large group worship at the temple were being used to fulfill Christ’s prayer recorded in John 17:20. By their love, the world around them was coming to know that Jesus was sent to seek and save the lost.
It is for this reason that Community Groups have been formed — to carry out Christ’s prayer. Our vision is to encourage people to actually be the church instead of just attending one. This in turn decentralizes ministry, moving it out of a single building and into the community as group members live the good news amongst each other, challenging one another to be the gospel in their own individual spheres of influence.
Group life provides the opportunities to grow and use your gifts in a way that our weekend gatherings could never provide. If you are ready to share your life with others and use your God-given gifts, we invite you to join a group!
Community Groups
Southbridge believes strongly in building caring relationships that are guided by biblical truth and grounded in spiritual accountability. The New Testament says we are to love, serve, encourage, teach, admonish, and comfort one another. These are concepts that must be lived out rather than just heard and discussed. God wants us to model His love and acceptance as we extend love to each other.
In John 17:20, Jesus prays, “My prayer is not for them alone (referring to His disciples). I pray also for those who will believe in Me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as You are in Me and I am in You. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that You have sent Me.”
In Acts 2 and 4, we read that followers of Jesus Christ “did life” together. They worshiped at the temple, and they were meeting in homes daily to share, fellowship, pray, and study the apostles teaching of Christ. The outcome of their life together was that the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. By God’s desire, the people who were continually meeting in their homes and in large group worship at the temple were being used to fulfill Christ’s prayer recorded in John 17:20. By their love, the world around them was coming to know that Jesus was sent to seek and save the lost.
It is for this reason that Community Groups have been formed — to carry out Christ’s prayer. Our vision is to encourage people to actually be the church instead of just attending one. This in turn decentralizes ministry, moving it out of a single building and into the community as group members live the good news amongst each other, challenging one another to be the gospel in their own individual spheres of influence.
Group life provides the opportunities to grow and use your gifts in a way that our weekend gatherings could never provide. If you are ready to share your life with others and use your God-given gifts, we invite you to join a group!