Duties of Christian Fellowship
A Manual For Church Members
| Weight | .2 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 7.13 × 4.75 × .3 in |
| ISBN | 9781848717725 |
| Short ISBN | 7725 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Topic | Church Life, Christian Living |
| Original Pub Date | 1850 |
| Banner Pub Date | Oct 10, 2017 |
| Page Count | 96 |
| Format | Book |
Book Description
Duties of Christian Fellowship deals with a matter of perennial concern for every truly Christian church. In just a few pages it sets out in very concise terms the responsibilities all Christians have, first, to their pastors, and then second, to one another within the fellowship of the local church.
John Owen was a pastor as well as a theologian and therefore this is a most practical manual of church fellowship. It was likely intended to be read by individuals with self-examination, meditation and prayer, but it would also be very suitable for group Bible study or adult Sunday School classes. This edition is enhanced by a modernized text and the addition of questions which have been added to facilitate group discussion.
Review
Table of Contents Expand ↓
| Suggestions for the Use of this Book | 7 | |
| Foreword | 9 | |
| Section one | ||
| Rules for walking in fellowship with respect to the pastor of the congregation, with explanations of the rules, and motives for keeping them (Rules 1-7) | 11 | |
| Section two | ||
| Rules for walking in fellowship with respect to other believers, with explanations of the rules, and motives for keeping them (Rules 1-15) | 31 |
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Robert –
I would recommend this book for two reasons, and the first has nothing to do with its purpose. If you have been wanting to read John Owen but have felt intimidated and didn’t know where to start, this book is the solution. This is an easy read, and I am speaking as a slow reader who has struggled with some Puritan books. “Duties of Christian Fellowship” got me into reading Owen, so that the next one I tried, straight out of his collected “Works,” was not all that difficult. The first book prepared me for the denser stuff.
My second reason for recommending this book is because it fulfills its purpose. John Owen looks past denominational dividers and focuses on what makes a local church a local church. He then explains the duties that all believers have to one another, emphasizing the love and glory of Christ as the root and goal of all true Christian fellowship. He does so in a very accessible format that could be read in a single afternoon if one so desired.
wemales –
Excellent and refreshing, as well as a much appreciated confirmation. For years ago I had done my own exhausted study on “the Church” which I titled “The Necessity of Church Government and God’s Gifts to Men.” But, I really like Owen’s title better, lol.
Having seen so much neglected in modern Christendom, I have had a burden for decades for God’s people with the conviction that many are failing to “comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge” whereby they might truly “be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Yes, there is that personal experience we can have, but O the glory when God’s presence fills His house, it is as the psalmist says in Psalm 133, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! …for there the LORD commanded the blessing, life forevermore.”
If God’s people would only properly assemble themselves together, how much more God would have liberty to move in their midst. “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.” (Acts 2:42)