Care of souls

Question 2. “One of the problems with evangelical spirituality is that Christians have no one to talk to.”
Growing up in a culture that values family and closness, it was difficult to think of the Christian faith as a private matter. Comming to Ohio and leaving my family behind, my church community became for me my new family. So Christian growth and maturing happens in the chruch, with other members of the Body of Christ, as we interact and share both joys and sorrows. But seeing so many Christians value their privacy adn individuality gave me something to think about. The conclusion was that although we live in a society that might be individualistic and maybe many evangelical Christians have no one to talk to but to really be part of the body of Christ, I (opse) find that small groups is where it is at for sharing in the Church. Yes we all need community of faith, but at times some congregations get to be very large and small groups, descipelship groups, bible study groups, prayer groups, spiritual direction groups, what ever, it is in these small sharing groups, that we become family and care for each other. Christ knew that and he commanded us to love one another, but he also used the analogy of the body, how it works together, with Christ as the head. So be not conformed to the society that surrounds you with individualizm and needing so much privacy, but be transformed into the body of Christ.