The Compelling Community: Where God's Power Makes a Church Attractive (9Marks)

by Mark Dever

local churches grow in life and vitality as they organize their lives around God’s Word.

I’ll define local church community as a togetherness and commitment we experience that transcends all natural bonds—because of our commonality in Jesus Christ.

Frankly, having sat under this man’s teaching for so long, it’s sometimes hard to know exactly where his words and ideas end and mine begin.

This whole paragraph or so indicates how this guy is in a cult led by Mark Dever.

I hope it sends you deep into the Scriptures to see how God intends that community to function—even if you disagree with me at times.

I appreciate that.

my concern is that, despite good intentions, we’re building communities that can thrive regardless of the gospel.

If you want to draw a crowd, build community through similarity.

Perhaps Dever is a "champion for diversity" to show the world we don't need worldly similarities to have community as Christians. I don't know that I would say homogeneity is a problem though.