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A Fellowship of Differents: Showing the World God's Design for Life Together is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this compelling book about diversity and community, McKnight shares his personal experiences and his study of the Apostle Paul to answer this significant question: What is the church supposed to be? Local churches matter far more than we often know because they determine what Christian life looks like for you. The church McKnight grew up in was a fellowship of sames and likes. Mostly white,...

heading from Greece north and overland rather than over sea toward Jerusalem. But he made this decision to avoid persecution (Acts 20:3). Also, many times Paul tells his readers that he “hoped” to visit them (Philippians 2:19, 23; 1 Timothy 3:14; Philemon 22). These are very ordinary plans and decisions. So here’s where we are. From Paul’s life we learn a new kind of guidance, that we are to plan in light of God’s Scripture-soaked mission, but we must be open to the Spirit’s interruption. Here are four