Life in Community: Joining Together to Display the Gospel

About the Author DUSTIN WILLIS has served as a marketing consultant, organizational executive, and pastor over the last 17 years, working with small businesses, local churches and some of the largest faith-based nonprofits in North America. He is the author of Life in Community and the co-author of Life on Mission and The Simplest Way to Change the World. Dustin and his wife Renie have two children and are daily seeking to live on mission just outside of Atlanta, GA. Product description "All the believers were alone and had nothing in common." - Not Acts 2:44"All the believers were together and had everything in common." - Acts 2:44. For a world more connected than ever before, many of us are quite alone. People are starved for unpretentious relationships, for friends who truly care.  Even those in our churches are hungry, which is odd, because fellowship is designed to make us full. That design is what Life in Community is all about.Author Dustin Willis doesn''t give us a new vision for community; rather, he helps to reclaim the grandest one ever given: that of the Bible. Anchored in Romans 12, Willis shows how the marks of a Christian require a relationship, and how they lead to dynamic community that strengthens the church and grows God''s kingdom. Follow along with Willis to rediscover the power of relationships marked by the fruit of the Spirit, which the world is hungry for. Review "Life in Community is an excellent source of knowledge for Christian small groups. Willis not only goes through what a gospel community is, but what it looks like, and how it functions together. The book offers practical advice for everyone. I know I was challenged by this book!"Reviewed by Jessica McCroskey, Net Galley, Jun 15, 2015 From the Back Cover WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY EXTRAORDINARY?When people live in community moved by the gospel and marked by the Spirit, great things happen. They commit to one another. They grieve together, sing together, eat, pray, and play together. They love, serve, honor, encourage, and provide for each other gladly. And they live on mission together.Hearts are healed, walls come down, and outsiders come in. No competition. No pretense. No vain conceit. Just full hearts breaking bread and giving freely.It is nothing short of amazing.Most of us live in a shadow of what God intended for us. Life in Community calls us into the light. Reclaiming Scripture?s stunning vision of gospel-centered community, it inspires us to live in love unbounded. Read it, live it, and join the movement. Help unleash the power of extraordinary community.