Aletheia Covenant Community Group
April 22, 2010 by Daniel
Filed under Ministries
In Acts 2:42-48 we see that the church should have four values which guide its ministry and life together: worship, teaching, nurture, and outreach. Based on those four values Oakland Hills has a vision to be a life-giving and reproducing church, according to the Word of God, and for His glory.
Values and visions are great, but there need to be specific ways and means to implement them, and Covenant Community Groups (CCG) are the primary vehicle by which OHCC implements the value of nurture, and therefore they are vital to the growth of the church.
God designs us as relational beings, for He Himself is a relational God, thus relationships with other believers are necessary for our growth in grace. And as society and culture have become increasingly isolated and fragmented, relationships have become gradually more difficult. This represents a crucial opportunity for church ministry.
Aletheia CCG seeks to foster this aspect of nurture through worship, teaching, fellowship, and outreach. We start by gathering together on Sunday mornings, not simply as just another adult class but to fellowship, pray, and learn from God’s Word. The class teacher has covenanted to pray for class members daily. Prayer requests are taken and emailed to members weekly, and members have covenanted to pray for each other at least three times per week. Class members notify the group of emergency concerns. Different teachers are periodically rotated into the schedule for variety. Outside events are scheduled for additional fellowship and outreach.
As churches grow to over 100 adults, they become too big for everyone to know and fellowship with each other well. Community, care, and support become increasingly difficult and fragmented, especially for church leadership. One biblical response to the inherent problems of economies of scale and size of church growth is to create and foster covenant community groups within the church. This is the purpose of Aletheia CCG.
Aletheia CCG meets Sunday’s from 9:25am to 10:30am
