Rules for Walking in Fellowship

What good is a church community if it lacks loving fellowship?

In Rules for Walking in Fellowship , John Owen supplies struggling congregations with biblical guidelines for making church life in the present a foretaste of heavenly fellowship to come. He discusses both the responsibilities congregations have toward pastors as well as the duties members have toward one another. Together, Owen presents twenty-four rules for fostering gospel fellowship, supporting them with numerous proof texts, brief explanations, and words of motivation to keep them. His simple approach makes this book ideal for personal or small group study. Here, then, is a collection of indispensable biblical rules that will challenge Christians in any given congregation, of whatever denomination--a little gem that is at the same time doctrinal, practical, and ecumenical.

1. Opening Credits
2. Preface
3. To the Reader
4. Part 1 Chapter 1: Attending to the Ordinances Dispensed by Your Pastor
5. Chapter 2: Following Your Pastor's Example
6. Chapter 3: Praying for Your Pastor
7. Chapter 4: Esteeming Your Pastor
8. Chapter 5: Paying Your Pastor's Salary
9. Chapter 6: Standing by Your Pastor in His Trials
10. Chapter 7: Gathering to Worship When Summoned
11. Part 2 Chapter 8: Loving One Another
12. Chapter 9: Praying for the Church
13. Chapter 10: Taking a Stand for the Church
14. Chapter 11: Preserving Unity
15. Chapter 12: Separating from the World
16. Chapter 13: Engaging in Spiritual Conversation
17. Chapter 14: Bearing with One Another's Faults
18. Chapter 15: Bearing One Another's Burdens
19. Chapter 16: Helping the Poor
20. Chapter 17: Being Wary of Those Who Divide the Church
21. Chapter 18: Sharing the Churh's Lot, No Matter What
22. Chapter 19: Associating with the Lowly
23. Chapter 20: Praying for the Afflicted
24. Chapter 21: Keeping Each Other Accountable
25. Chapter 22: Being Holy
26. Closing Credits