Our present concept of family care fellowship dates back to the
early church (Acts 2:42-47, Rom.
16:3-5, Col. 4:13). During that time, they move from House to House,
and later began to
settle in one place for fellowship - the church in thy house. Col 4:13.
The purpose of family care fellowship are essentially
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(i) Fellowship, Freedom and Friendship ( Acts 2:41.42): It is our vision that the family care fellowship will he a forum for brethren to enjoy freedom of fellowship
and friendliness like a real new testament Christian community.
(ii) Total Liberation for the Individual Brethren Acts 2;4l): In the Family care fellowship, every believing member is free from
falsehood of false teachers. The practical familiarity, family lifestyle, apostle's doctrines, Christian fellowship, and powerful prayers liberate every
participant to worship in Spirit
and in truth.
(iii) Practical Caring AMP Sharing Acts 2:
44. 45: The family
care fellowship is meant to be the smallest basic unit in, the Christian
society that will stick with believers through anything, accept the persecuted
and hold believers statements in
strict confidence. The family
care fellowship should have people that can call
on members at any hour of the , day when the whole world seems to be against
any believer.
(iv) Growing into Maturity Acts 2:46,47:
In the family care fellowship,
believers
play together, laugh together cry together,
reason together and pray together. Here they passionately share their life Struggles and victories in
such a way that individual brethren grow together into God's special favour.
(v) Evangelization
and Soul Winning Acts 2; 47:
The family care fellowship is expected to be
primarily and deeply Involved in friendship and invitational evangelism within £he neighbourhood, when such invitations are honoured, the salvation of these souls.
should be the ultimate priority every saved member of the fellowship.
(vi) Fellow up. Visitation and Preservation op Fruits Acts 2:40: Immediate follow-up, and
purposeful visitation are to
be done in order to establish the new-converts in
the faith. They are to be taught how to continue daily with one accord.
(vii) Cell
Division and Extensive Growth: As the numerical strength of the
fellowship increases, they are to experience a division
into two groups whenever they are more than
twelve in each fellowship. Just as the
natural life depends on cell division for
reproduction, and continuous existence, the
family cell should see cell division as a target.
(viii) Co-operation Communalism and interdependence among brethren Acts
2:41,4: Solomon's sage "Two are better than one for there
is better reward for their labour" is an
undeniable fact. John Donne confirmed this and other Biblical references and
inferences when he said decades ago that “No man can be an island, complete to
itself” (see Ps. 133:1-3). In the family care fellowship, every member co-operates and depend on one
another for correction, edification, solution to practical life issues, and problems and of course in building the
church together