Community

"When God saves sinners, he saves them 'as' individuals but 'to' community. Isolation from other Christians is not an option for a believer. The Bible nowhere says that one can have Christ the Head without Christ the body (the church). A real relationship with God shows itself in a real relationship with his people. To neglect the body of Christ is to neglect Christ; to be isolated from the body is to be isolated from Christ" (Tullian Tchividjian, "Unfashionable," p. 42).